Author: Chessfun
Date: 12:10:34 04/03/02
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On April 01, 2002 at 09:09:55, Uri Blass wrote: >On April 01, 2002 at 09:04:59, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On April 01, 2002 at 08:52:31, Chessfun wrote: >> >>>On April 01, 2002 at 02:39:34, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On April 01, 2002 at 02:03:15, Chessfun wrote: >>>> >>>>>On April 01, 2002 at 01:55:29, Sandro Necchi wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On March 31, 2002 at 16:46:42, liam hearns wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>thanks in advance! >>>>>> >>>>>>I did not have time enough to test it very much >>>>> >>>>>>, but I got the impression it is about 15 to 20 points stronger than 6.0 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>April fool ?. >>>>> >>>>>Sarah. >>>> >>>>I know that the date is 1.4 but I see no reason to suspect this post. >>>> >>>>I can suspect if I read that the new version is 100 elo better but >>>>a claim about 15-20 elo improvement that is only an impression is >>>>not something that seems to be related with 1.4. >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>>Tell me Uri, what's it take to be left with an impression of a 15-20 point >>>improvement?. >>> >>>Sarah. >> >>Suppose that I correct a bug in my program. >> >>suppose that I see in tests that the new version >>gets a score of 11.5-10.5 against the old version. >> >>I can say in this case that my impression is that >>the new version is 15-20 elo better than the old version but >>I do not have enough games to be sure. >> >>Uri > >Note that the number of games that I need to be sure about >15-20 elo improvement is more than 10000. Sanity rules. >I may be sure about improvement even with less games but in that case >I can be sure only that it is 5-30 elo and not 15-20 elo. You maybe sure as stated by Bertil, if you made no changes and get a speed improvement. But to simply say it on a whim is simply wrong. Sarah.
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