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Subject: Re: Rebel8 and Rebel9 on SSDF.

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 15:06:08 12/09/97

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>> >>So the question arise with which book SSDF tested Rebel8 and Rebel9?
>> >>Certainly not the provided commercial books.

>I use the default settings. Which means rebel.mvs with Tournament book.
>None of the example games have been tested by me.

Well it's looks simple to me. All 6 games I provided were games between
 Rebel8 P100 and
 Rebel9 P200 MMX
Not so difficult to trace the SSDF tester in question?


>> >With only Tournament Book activated I get the same moves as
>> >the SSDF games for the 3 Rebel8 examples. With only Tournament
>> >book activated Rebel 8 leaves book very early and plays the
>> >moves cited out of book. Of course with the Opening Book activated
>> >(hopefully set to the large book, Rebel.mvs) Rebel 8 stays in book
>> >as you have explained in these 3 examples.

>> Thanks a lot, this for 99.9% explains the error!

>> The error is that SSDF most probably has set Rebel's MAIN book off!!
>> and only the tournament book is on!!
>> Lots of missing elo points if *ALL* SSDF people tested Rebel7, Rebel8
>> and Rebel9 in that way!!

>All through the years of testing, we have been told by the programmers
>to use the Tournament Book and the Tournament Book only. And now you say
>that you use the same system as Bob do in Crafty, with a start.pgn
>connected to the "Big Book". News for me. But as I said, I use default
>settings because I trust in the creator that the program will perform at
>its peak with it.

You did good. I always tell Thoralf to leaf "tournament book=on" which
is the default setting for maximum playing strength. I never told SSDF
to turn off the main book.

- Ed Schroder -


>Regards
>Tony



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