Author: Tony Hedlund
Date: 11:32:21 12/11/97
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On December 10, 1997 at 14:32:23, Ed Schröder wrote: >>Posted by Tony Hedlund on December 10, 1997 at 13:27:35: > >>In Reply to: Re: Rebel8 and Rebel9 on SSDF. posted by Ed Schröder on >>December 09, 1997 at 18:06:08: > >>On December 09, 1997 at 18:06:08, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>>>> >>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? > >>Not at all. We know very well who it is. > >Is he the only one? Most probably >>Thoralf have told him to put the main book on. But he's not to >>blaim. In the manual it says that Rebel plays better with the >>tournament Book on. It's not obvious that the main book must >>also be on. A while back in time it wasn't so. > >Ever since Rebel7 (when the tournament book was implemented) I tell SSDF >to play with the "standard" settings after installation and to leave the >tournament book on. > >Besides of that one might expect a little knowledge of *any* tested >program by *any* SSDF tester. If Rebel regular jumps out of book on >move 4 one might start to think something is wrong don't you think? Yes of cource. I myself have had this problem a couple of times. >If a tester sees that after: > >1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 > >or > >1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 > >Rebel is out of book don't you think it is logical to assume something >is *very* wrong? I fully agree. >Will these games (how many?) played again with the good settings? > >Or will SSDF remove the games in question from the Rebel8 and Rebel9 >results? > >I think Rebel8 and Rebel9 (and maybe Rebel7?) are treated unfair and >lost (many?) unnecessary elo points because of that. > >Only SSDF can supply the information: >1.. how many testers have made this mistake; >2.. how many games are affected (not valid) because of that; >3.. what has been the elo loss for Rebel8 and Rebel9. The questions above must be answered by Thoralf, I don't have the knowledge to do that. >Please correct the error and I will shut up. Your list is too important >and valuable to let such a huge error unchanged. It's "important and valuable" to them that's in the top of the list. >Playing Rebel8 and Rebel9 with a 4-5 Kb opening book. >Who ever is to blame, it should be corrected IMO. >- Ed Schroder - > > Tony
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