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Subject: Re: Rebel8 and Rebel9 on SSDF (explained)

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 06:52:34 12/16/97

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On December 16, 1997 at 09:20:29, Albert Silver wrote:

>On December 16, 1997 at 05:07:08, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>>
>>>Thoralf reported that after removing the Rebel-Rebel matches in
>>>question R9-200MMX would go down 15 points and the R9-P90 would go
>>>up 17 points.
>>>
>>Heh, heh! Correction is now not so important, when it actually LOWERS
>>R9 200 MMX rating. IMHO games with wrong book should immediately
>>removed.
>>
>>But so after one year work Rebel team hasn't beaten amateur (Hiarcs6
>>team)!
>
>Agreed, but Ed correctly pointed out that one also doesn't know what the
>result would have been had they played against each other with the
>proper books. For my part, I find both programs to be extremely
>impressive. I have a few tests of my own, and one of them consists of a
>proposed rook exchange that would lead to a won pawn endgame. Rebel and
>Hiarcs are the only programs (not using any endgame tablebase) that go
>for the exchange AND see that it is completely won BEFORE actually
>making the exchange. Frankly it's hard to say which is better as they do
>play somewhat differently.

If you don't mind and have time, please post it.  We need more of this
type of position...



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