Author: Daniel Shawul
Date: 20:02:53 02/08/05
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On February 08, 2005 at 20:52:44, Tom Likens wrote: >On February 08, 2005 at 11:10:17, Daniel Shawul wrote: > >>On February 08, 2005 at 09:52:07, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >> >>>On February 08, 2005 at 00:09:45, Daniel Shawul wrote: >>> >>>>Hello every one, >>>> I read in the threads below that some people still suspect >>>>danchess to be a clone. It is not a clone of any engine . If any body has any >>>>doubts , he can ask me and i can send the source to a reliable person so that >>>>it is checked. But please don't make posts here and there telling what you think >>>>it is. >>>> Danchess is participating in every other tournament because >>>>it is found not to be a clone. In WBEC for example a group of people checked it >>>>and found it not to be a clone so it is participating. There is no place ,at >>>>least one that i know of, that danchess is not particaipating because of this >>>>issue. >>>>I have sent my source to Hyatt a couple of times but i do not know if he checked >>>>it or not,becaues i have got no response. If he wants i can send it to him >>>>again,but it will only be a waste of his time and mine since there is no >>>>similarity. >>>> My current version is as strong as crafty even better which i am very proud >>>>of. Check the games at AEGT where danchess trashed crafty 7.5 - 2.5. >>>>somepeople just like talking about others. I like to work rather than talk. >>>>I am sorry if i sounded very pompous but that is not my intention. >>>> >>>>best wishes >>>>daniel >>> >>>I've been quite impressed by the improvements in DanChess (including the >>>parallel code), but 10 games is not _nearly_ enough to draw conclusions. I've >>>seen Zappa beat Crafty 10 times in a row, and vice versa . . . . >>> >>>anthony >> >> I think i made a little mistake in my statement above >> My current version is as strong as crafty even **SOMETIMES** better... >> >>without **SOMETIMES** the sentence would have been incomplete. >> >> As i said in my reply to Uri. I am not drawing any conclusions with this >>games,I know statistics is a tricky thing. >>But still i think i can say with a good safety factor that danchess is as strong >>as crafty. This ofcourse depends on the definition of "as strong". For me +- >>30elo is insignificant. >> I really don't want to discuss on this issue further because this is not Why i >>originally posted the message. >>Hope you understand. >>daniel > >Hey Dan, > Hi tom >Well, you can certainly feel justified in saying that beating Crafty >7.5-2.5 is better than *losing* by the same margin. Of course as >others have pointed out statistically insignificant, but what the heck. > that's is correct,it is very much statistically insiginificant. and i am sorry if i gave the wrong impression. I just brought it up ,becuase i *think* they are at the same level looking at results of different. May be crafty is much better. I don't know. >BTW, like Anthony I've also been impressed with DanChess's improvement >over the last year, congratulations and good luck in CCT7. > Thanks for the nice words! >regards, >--tom best wishes daniel p.s: you have been away for some time, what's up with Djinn?
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