Author: Jeff Lischer
Date: 13:08:49 03/21/00
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On March 21, 2000 at 12:31:50, Chris Carson wrote: >On March 21, 2000 at 08:38:30, Jeff Lischer wrote: > >> >>>Rebel-Century on K6-600 rating is calculated without the Hoffman game, since >>>that loss was due to a hardware failure (the game is reflected in the loss colum >>>and in the total colum, but not used for calculating the TPR). >> >> >>A while back I asked Ed Schröder about whether he thought the Hoffman game >>should be counted or not in this kind of statistic. He felt that it should >>definitely be counted. He said that the hardware issues were at most 10% of the >>reason for the loss. >> >>In Ed's opinion, Hoffman deserved the win because of a well played game. > >Well, I disagree. :) I do agree that Hoffman deserved to win the game, >but I do not think that a hardware failure game is indicative of the >strength of the program. Just my opinion. I can always beat any program >by forcing a hardware failure. :) > >However, I will include the game in the rating calculations for future >lists. Just for reference, the TPR for Reb-Cen with the Hoffman game is >2537 (on 600 mhz hardware). Thanks for the feedback. :) > >Best Regards, >Chris Carson At first I didn't include the Hoffman game either, but after Ed's response I also decided to leave it in. I think it's great the work you are doing here, keeping track of 40/2 computer-human games. Keep up the good work! :)
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