Ratings can be abused, as Don has mentioned, but a little truth in advertising
should ameliorate that.
The AGA is selling a service - its ratings - and can attach reasonable
preconditions to the use of those ratings.
One of those would be a requirement that the conditions for that rating be
spelled out.
"This rating was accomplished on a quadcore i7" means something different from
"this rating was accomplished on a supercomputer with 3600 cores."
I suspect that the KGS ratings aren't too shabby; numerous high-dan players
line up in queues for a chance to test their mettle against zen and pachi.
To determine whether time limits are "reasonable" or "too quick for humans",
look at the number of wins on time - especially if the humans were clearly
ahead when their clocks ran out. If many such wins occur, consider adding a
little more time.
Be careful of the effect of scoring such wins on the algorithms used by the
bot. If your program stresses wins on time, you'll find it harder to win under
tournament conditions, where humans have more time.
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