Author: stuart taylor
Date: 11:43:01 10/22/02
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On October 21, 2002 at 22:32:05, Dann Corbit wrote: >On October 21, 2002 at 11:41:41, stuart taylor wrote: > >>It's a non ending suspense with little satifaction gained in return for waiting >>in suspence, when waiting for new programs and then waiting for their results. >> >>So I REALLY ask-whoever can help towards it-that ALL new engines be featured in >>the next ssdf list. By "all" I mean atleast the new strong comercial engines >>which normally find their way to list sooner or later. >> >>I would even suggest waiting an extra few days if a new thing gets released just >>before the list is due out, to test that as well. Tiger 15, and not only DF 7 >>but even F/DF 8 and even Junior 8, if it comes out before the publication of >>results. In that case, a copy MUST be sent to ssdf and it be tested for the new >>list. That's what I would like very strongly. Also the most succesful setting on >>CM9K. Also, the latest Rebel. >> >>Normally, by the time we see a new ssdf list, we here already know almost >>everything. Yes, I know it is also because we get early individual postings from >>ssdf testers, but even without that we know most. And that most is always only >>slight anyway. >>Thanks in advance for anyone who can help! >>This is an impassioned plea! > >Do you know how much work and time this represents? > >People want both new commercial and new freely available engines tested. > >Let's suppose we have ten engines playing at 40/2 with a minimum of a few >hundred games. A bit of math will show that it takes quite a long time to do >it. The head of ssdf said it's no problem to have done in two weeks. Freely available programs are also important to test, but only the ones which are seriously a candidate for first place [or to be in top 3-6] (if there are) are urgent. S.Taylor
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