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Subject: Re: Is Crafty 18.10 the final version?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 07:59:24 09/04/01

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On September 04, 2001 at 09:17:30, Ulrich Tuerke wrote:

>On September 04, 2001 at 04:36:58, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>On September 04, 2001 at 04:13:47, Chris Taylor wrote:
>>
>>>On September 04, 2001 at 02:26:23, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>
>>>>Bob has obviously abandoned 2 weeks version cycle, which is good!! I prefer
>>>>to get new version, when it's really better than old. E.g. in Junior's case
>>>>after 1,5 years!
>>>>
>>>>Jouni
>>>
>>>I have a feeling there will be more versions!
>>>If I had a large amount of money, and the betting shop was a tad nearer.  I
>>>would, have a flutter.  But then again, I am not a betting man?
>>>
>>>In auto232 matches I have 18.10 from bob's site doing rather well.  It seems to
>>>be getteing stronger with each release.
>>>
>>I am not so sure. Look at this rating list from Herrmann:
>>
>>Crafty 17.14              2563    300  259  18  23  268.0  89.3  2207
>>Crafty 18.10              2561    372  309  43  20  330.5  88.8  2212
>>Crafty 17.12              2516    192  149  27  16  162.5  84.6  2225
>>Crafty 18.07              2492    336  261  41  34  281.5  83.8  2211
>>
>>Only sure thing is, that 18.7 was weak...
>
>Sure ??? Are you kidding ? Look at the error bars.
>These results are very well compatible with the statement that Crafty 18.07 is
>the strongest version. The statistics is far too poor to say anything.
>Uli

No

2563-23>2492+41 so it seems clear that 17.14 is better than 18.07 even in the
optimistic assumption for 18.07 and the passimistic assumption for 17.14

I believe that these results clearly suggest that 18.07 is not the strongest
version.

Uri



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