Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 07:03:27 07/20/00
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On July 20, 2000 at 08:52:26, Chris Carson wrote: >Ever wonder how accurate the Rebel Bench Test is. I have. >Well, here is some empirical data. Nice job Ed! :) > >Prog HW MHZ Bench ELO Opp + = - Tot >Reb 9 Pmmx 225 2511 2599 2249 7 1 0 8 >Reb 10 P2 400 2550 2554 2268 5 2 0 7 >Reb-Cen K6 600 2576 2537 2537 2 4 2 8 >Reb-Cen P3 500 2557 2515 2395 4 5 1 10 > 18 12 3 33 > >Looks even better if you conside that the Hoffman game was >lost due to a hardware failure on the K6-600! Also, the Rebel >Bench Test is for Rebel-10, so it is no surprise that the Rebel-9 >and Rebel-Century data are a little less accurate using the Rebel-10 >data. > >Nice job Ed, once again, you are ahead of the curve on ratings >predictions! :) > >Best Regards, >Chris Carson I don't believe that testing a program with a known opponent 1 or 2 months ahead of the match is a precise way of evaluating the strength of the program against a human GM, since the programmer already knows what type of closed opening he prefer, and the programmer have plenty of time to prepare against those openings which he usually play against. Pichard.
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