A new idea for fast repetidion detection?

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Re: A new idea for fast repetidion detection?

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mario carbonell wrote: Thu Jan 05, 2023 3:33 pm I cannot understand the obsession with Elo. For me is quite more enjoyable to try to solve unsolved problems, or solve them in a new and original way, than to to try gain a few Elo points repeating the same ideas over and over.
On that we agree. All the more so because all this Elo might only measure how you perform against opponents that are virtually clones of yourself, and might do nothing for repairing the blind spots.