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Subject: Re: LG2000v2.7 is not quite at Crafty(17.10) level

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 03:16:03 05/08/00

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On May 08, 2000 at 05:05:03, pavel wrote:

>On May 08, 2000 at 04:55:43, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>After Nunn match I played 42 blitz games between them with Fritz general book.
>>Crafty won 23,5 - 18,5 (played in AMD). Lg2000 also lost more badly against
>>Fritz6 than Crafty. So I think it's 99% sure, that Crafty is still strongest
>>free engine.
>>
>>Jouni
>
>hi jouni,
>         you quoted  "So I think it's 99% sure, that Crafty is still strongest
>free engine." Everyone knows that, and also the fact that lg2000 is its closest
>compititor. but your test 23,5- 18,5 doesnt prove that crafty is way ahead of
>LG, nor does it prove that they are both the same. It proves nothing. Since the
>differrance in the score is not "Big". If the result were somthing like 30-12
>for crafty, then you could say that. Interesting you are using opening book in
>nunn matches??
>   I agree with you that crafty is still the strongest freeware chess engine ;0
>thanks
>Pavel ;)

I think you forgot the little word "after" in Jounis post, but your observations
are true nonetheless. However, I would be hesitant to conclude anything from a
30-12 scoreline.

Sincerely,
Mogens



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