Author: Chessfun
Date: 20:29:54 05/01/00
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On May 01, 2000 at 16:09:25, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On May 01, 2000 at 15:45:09, Andrew Dados wrote: > >>Comon.. 20 games tell *nothing* about engine strength?? So what does? >>-Andrew- > >I didn't mention the number of games at all. If you make a special test, where >you exclude certain things characteristic for the engines, you can't predict the >strength difference between two programs. You can make a comparison of strength, >but you wouldn't know if it had anything to do with the real strength. The lack >of opening book and learning in the test makes strength prediction useless, but >it might reveal something about the importance of ponder. The might is very, >very big, especially if there's a lot of shenanigan's going on with the >testing. Once again you make unclear insinuations, with neither detail nor specifics. >BTW, I would like to see the positions rerun at least thrice with both colours, >not just once. But that's only my opinion. Then maybe you should do run them, then you won't need to worry about shenanigan's going on. Thanks. >Sincerely, >Mogens
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