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Subject: Ridiculous. . .

Author: enrico carrisco

Date: 01:33:50 09/28/00

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>>>Junior 6 is better than Nimzo 7.32 but it didn't score better than Nimzo 7.32
>>>against the same opponent.
>
><snipped>
>>I guess the answer is simple both Nimzo 7.32 and SOS are tactical monster and
>>when faced against Junior which is a very strategical program they are outplayed
>>by junior 6a, but when SOS is matched against Nimzo 7.32, since they are both
>>very good at tactics Nimzo simply get the advantage by having a better book than
>>SOS.
>
>I guess that it is not the reason.
>I do not think that SOS is better in tactics that Junior.
>
>I remember that SOS could not see a simple mate in the game against nimzo from
>WCCC when Junior has no problem to play better.
>
>It may be a statistical illusion and it is possible that if you play more games
>Junior will do better than nimzo.
>

Agreed.  It becomes irritating to see so many threads based on inconclusive
results.  Someone plays 25 games (or less) between two engines and wants to base
some kind of "absolute theory" on the results.

Play 500-1000 games before even attemtping to make such statements as engine A
is better than engine B, etc.

-elc



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