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Subject: Re: New top ten rating list!

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 17:31:26 05/07/04

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On May 07, 2004 at 20:22:45, Mike Taylor wrote:

>>
>>    THE SSDF RATING LIST 2004-05-07   97857 games played by  264 computers
>>                                           Rating   +     -  Games   Won  Oppo
>>                                           ------  ---   --- -----   ---  ----
>>   1 Shredder 8.0 CB  256MB Athlon 1200 MHz  2812   35   -33   466   69%  2672
>>   2 Shredder 7.04 UCI 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2808   24   -23   967   71%  2648
>
>
>I find this a shocker !  People are being duped into buying ver. 8 thinking that
>it is better than ver. 7.04, but in reality it is the same engine, with only 4
>ELO difference.
>
>What a SCAM !!

No

You ignore some points:

1)There is a statistical error and the 4 can be 34.
2)The comparison is between Shredder8 CB and shredder7.04 UCI and I read claims
that UCI>CB thanks to better book.

Uri



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