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Subject: Re: Chessfun and Nunn1 Tests

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 10:40:34 05/10/00

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On May 10, 2000 at 12:41:03, blass uri wrote:

>Chessfun found that the 11-9 result was bogus and that Fritz was slower in these
>games.

No, she repeated the test and excluded the 11-9 result. She even deleted the
evaluation from one of the computers, thereby making a correct assessment
impossible. I wonder why the games were deleted, but that's just another factor
of uncertainty creeping in.

>15-5 is not only the result of the 2 matches at the same time control but also
>similiar to the results of other time control(there were results between 18-2
>and 13-7).

You can't make direct comparison between timecontrols, it's simply not correct
to do so. If you think it is, by all means do so, just don't tell me it proves
anything. Again, try checking the Nunn tests at Chessfuns website.

>Assuming that the 15-5 result is correct is the most logical assumption.

If you assume that an assumption is correct, you are practically guessing.
That's not good argumentation, and not even remotely close to a fact or logic.

>It is better to check all the games but I do not see a reason to assume that
>something was wrong and if you have limited time to check it is logical to check
>the extreme results and not the results in the middle.

Ahh... but that's not good enough. The other results could easily be regarded as
extreme from another point of view and therefore checkable. Since you claimed
that you don't own Fritz, I doubt very much that you've checked any of the games
regarding Fritz.

Sincerely,
Mogens



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