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Subject: Re: Yes, this is a major improvement of Comet, Ulrich please explain.

Author: Bas Hamstra

Date: 06:36:18 06/14/02

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>>>If you are right then this means that the pro's are not very good and have
>>>not a big advantage relative to the amatuers.

>>It *is* very good to outsearch the competition nearly a ply, other things
>>equal. I don't know why you do not appreciate that. You think it's easy to
>>get there?
>
>I expect the difference between professional and amatuers to be bigger.

All we have to do is test it. A match Yace (4 x speed) against GT with enough
games to determine which one is stronger with 95% confidence. Would that
convince you?

>Kasparov is going to beat every player that is not a GM when you give kasparov
>half of the time or every 2 no GM players in a simultan. You should understand
>that when the difference between my program and the best amatuers is more than
>factor of 2 I do not consider factor of 2 as a lot.

A factor 2 is not much *because* the difference between Movei and the best
amateurs is more than factor 2?

Hm, have to think that one over :-/

Best regards,
Bas.











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