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Subject: Re: Dieps 700 elo-book in action:

Author: Arturo Ochoa

Date: 16:28:51 02/27/05

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On February 27, 2005 at 18:54:54, Uri Blass wrote:

>On February 27, 2005 at 18:12:48, Arturo Ochoa wrote:
>
>>On February 27, 2005 at 17:54:40, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On February 27, 2005 at 17:33:02, Arturo Ochoa wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 27, 2005 at 14:06:58, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On February 27, 2005 at 07:17:44, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Well, Vincent said that if an engine play Elo 3000 than the book is giving in
>>>>>>these tournaments 700 points and the program is 2300 Elo strong.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I do not think Diep is playing Elo 3000 so the Vincent's rule cannot be used.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Sandro
>>>>>
>>>>>Diep wasn't even playing at a 2400 level at the IPCCC.
>>>>>
>>>>>With all the games (well all games that were actually posted) from the event and
>>>>>using a start value of 2400, Diep scored:
>>>>>
>>>>>Program                          Elo    +   -   Games   Score   Av.Op.  Draws
>>>>>
>>>>>  1 Hydra                          : 2810  239 220     9    88.9 %   2449   22.2
>>>>>%
>>>>>  2 Shredder                       : 2715  320 296     9    83.3 %   2436   11.1
>>>>>%
>>>>>  3 Gandalf                        : 2566  214 205     9    61.1 %   2488   33.3
>>>>>%
>>>>>  4 Spike                          : 2499  267 247     9    61.1 %   2420   11.1
>>>>>%
>>>>>  5 Nexus                          : 2455  292 292     7    50.0 %   2455   14.3
>>>>>%
>>>>>  6 Ikarus                         : 2447  220 220     7    50.0 %   2447   42.9
>>>>>%
>>>>>  7 Anaconda                       : 2436  207 207     9    50.0 %   2436   33.3
>>>>>%
>>>>>  8 Jonny                          : 2428  207 207     9    50.0 %   2428   33.3
>>>>>%
>>>>>  9 SOS                            : 2418  207 207     9    50.0 %   2418   33.3
>>>>>%
>>>>> 10 The Baron                      : 2417  187 183     9    55.6 %   2378   44.4
>>>>>%
>>>>> 11 Diep                           : 2397  187 183     9    55.6 %   2358   44.4
>>>>>%
>>>>> 12 Neurologic                     : 2218  177 194     8    37.5 %   2307   50.0
>>>>>%
>>>>> 13 Patzer                         : 2208  177 195     9    33.3 %   2329   44.4
>>>>>%
>>>>> 14 Quark                          : 2169  205 229     9    27.8 %   2335   33.3
>>>>>%
>>>>> 15 IsiChess                       : 2150  248 286     8    25.0 %   2341   25.0
>>>>>%
>>>>> 16 Matador                        : 2041  173 291     9    16.7 %   2321   33.3
>>>>>%
>>>>
>>>>Rg. 	Titel 	Name 	     Pkte 	Wtg.
>>>>1 	  	Hydra 	        8 	44½
>>>>2 	  	Shredder 	7½ 	43
>>>>3 	  	Gandalf 	5½ 	47
>>>>4 	  	Spike 	        5½ 	42½
>>>>5 	  	Ikarus 	        5 	42
>>>>6 	  	The Baron 	5 	39
>>>>7 	  	Diep 	        5 	37
>>>>8 	  	Anaconda 	4½ 	44
>>>>9 	  	SOS 	        4½ 	43
>>>>10 	  	Nexus 	        4½ 	43
>>>>11 	  	Johnny 	        4½ 	43
>>>>12 	  	Patzer 	        3 	35½
>>>>13 	  	Neurologic 	3 	34
>>>>14 	  	Isichess 	2½ 	38½
>>>>15 	  	Quark 	        2½ 	36
>>>>16 	  	Matador 	1½ 	36
>>>>
>>>>http://wwwcs.upb.de/~IPCCC/IPCCC2005/r3.HTM
>>>>According to the Official Standing Table of teh Tournament, Diep was seventh and
>>>>not eleventh as you put in your table.
>>>
>>>The table is not officical standing table but performance table based on the
>>>event and the assumption that the average rating is 2400 so I do not see the
>>>problem with it.
>>>
>>>Diep played relatively weaker opponents(for example did not play hydra) so the 5
>>>that it scored may be considered as worse than 4.5 that scored other programs.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>About your point, Diep was:
>>>>
>>>>1) 6th. in Paderborn 2004: http://wwwcs.upb.de/~IPCCC/IPCCC2004/ranking.html
>>>>2) 4th. in 4th International CSVN Tournament:
>>>>http://www.computerschaak.nl/ict4tour.html
>>>>3) 3rd. in 12th World Computer Chess Championship 2004:
>>>>http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/games/results.html
>>>>4) 1st. in Dutch Open 2004: http://www.computerschaak.nl/docc04.html.
>>>>
>>>>They are all the Official Tables and they don´t say that Diep was under 2400
>>>>Elo.
>>>
>>>I agree that there is no proof for rating under 2400
>>>
>>>Peter made the assumption that the average rating of the field is 2400 and the
>>>only thing that I can say is that we do not know the average rating of the
>>>field.
>>>
>>>> I do not see that your table is proving anything.
>>>
>>
>>The typical Uri Blass.... If Peter made an assumption without the complete games
>>and he put a 2400 elo as an initial value. It doesnt prove what a relative elo
>>is.
>>
>>Correction for the person who doesnt read: That is not my table. It is the
>>official table of Paderborn, Mr. Blass. The Skinner´s Table puts Diep in the
>>_11th_ place when it got the 7th. place.
>
>The skinner table is performance table and not the official table.
>
>>
>>You simply dont see because you dont read.
>
>I have no problem of reading.
>I do not confuse between official table and performance table.
>They are different.
>

Simply, it is not valid because how he supposed the 2400 elo for this table?

It is just useless.

>I claimed nothing here about the value of book but only responded to your claim:
>"Diep was seventh and not eleventh as you put in your table."
>
>
>There is nothing wrong with performance table and there is nothing wrong with
>official table.
>They are different tables.
>
>Uri

I dont see that the table says anything about the elo performance in numbers.
I can put 2000 or 2800 as the initial value and it doesnt prove anything.



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