Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 18:01:04 08/25/00
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On August 25, 2000 at 17:21:00, Uri Blass wrote:
>On August 25, 2000 at 17:11:00, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>
>>I suppose that Chessbase people cannot feel very good. They putted three horses
>>of his corral into the race and the winner was the solitary stead from
>>Millenium. I bet somebody there is just now ready for harakiri.
>>fernando
>
>I disagree.
>
>chessbase did not do a bad result.
>
>Fritz is number 2
>Junior is number 5
>Nimzo is number 7
>
>
>All of them finished in the first half of the participants.
>
>Uri
When you enter 3 top programs in a tournament, your chances to get one at the
first place is much higher than if you enter only one or two programs. Still, it
did not happen.
Let's calculate the "team performance" for the following computer chess
companies:
1) ChessBase
2) Millenium
3) Shröder BV
ChessBase has:
Fritz, ranking #2
Junior, ranking #5
Nimzo, ranking #7
Average ChessBase ranking: 4.67 ( that is: (2+5+7)/3 )
Millenium has:
Shredder, ranking #1
Average Millenium ranking: 1.00
Shröder BV has:
Rebel, ranking #3
Chess Tiger, ranking #4
Average Shröder BV ranking: 3.50
Standings of the teams:
1. Millenium 1.00
2. Shröder BV 3.50
3. ChessBase 4.67
The reason for taking the average of the rankings, and not the highest program
of each team, is that if you enter several programs in the hope that one wins
the tournament, then you have to accept that the result of all your programs are
taken into account for your global performance.
Now, I don't know for sure what to do about Nimzo, as it is also sold by
Millenium (at least an older version). I assume Nimzo is a ChessBase entry, but
I might be wrong. The case of Fritz and Junior is clear, as they are sold
exclusively by ChessBase. The case of Rebel and Tiger is clear as well.
Christophe
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