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Subject: Re: SSDF ratings are 100% accurate

Author: John Warfield

Date: 17:36:17 12/12/99

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On December 12, 1999 at 18:05:35, Ed Schröder wrote:

>>Posted by Len Eisner on December 12, 1999 at 13:22:30:
>
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>
>>Now I am beginning to see that SSDF ratings do not reflect performance against
>>humans ­ period.  Going back to my example, program B could actually be weaker
>>than program A against GMs, even though it is 50 points stronger in SSDF comp
>>vs. com testing.
>>
>>I guess this is what Ed Schroder has been saying all along about Rebel.  I
>>need to think about this for a while.
>
>The MAIN difference I noticed: in comp-comp both programs (in many cases)
>can afford (multiple) small to big positional mistakes. Try this against
>a GM, one little mistake and you lose. The REBEL-HOFFMAN game was a
>perfect example of this.
>
>Ed


  The rebel hoffman game was lost because rebel crashed remember?
>
>>Len



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