Author: Serge Desmarais
Date: 14:30:37 09/05/98
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On September 05, 1998 at 12:42:17, Christophe Theron wrote: >On September 05, 1998 at 11:27:53, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >>hello all, >>tiger 11.2 (paderborn-version) has killed tiger 11.5. Ooops. > >Argh! Maybe 11.2 was book-prepared against 11.5? :) :) > > >>I hope christophe >>can stand this, we have a little argument which version is stronger and I prefer >>the paderborn version over all... > >The argument was between 11.2 and 11.4. In my opinion there is no argument >between 11.2 and 11.5. CT11.5 beats CT11.2 by more than 65%. > >In average, of course. On 1 game, anything can happen... You have seen one of >the 35 games out of 100 that 11.2 can win against 11.5... > > > Christophe Exactly! Even with a 734 rating points difference, the weaker program would still win one game out of 100! (It takes 735 points and more to have NO statistical chances of winning a game!) So, seeing that ONE game could give the false impression that the weaker program is better. Serge Desmarais
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