Author: Lex Loep
Date: 04:20:20 12/29/00
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On December 28, 2000 at 22:39:22, James T. Walker wrote: >On December 28, 2000 at 20:32:58, Paul Doire wrote: > >>Played on Lex's Engine Research Tool (Xmas Gift) >> >>5 min Blitz >>541 mhz celeron, 24 MB hash, Brain&Ponder on >>Crafty 1714 +1=2-1 >>Chess Tiger 13 +1=2-1 >> >>Surprising or irrelevant because it is only "Blitz" and means nothing. >>As tournament time controls keep shortening,IMHO Blitz rankings >>will certainly become more important. >> >>For what its worth, >>Paul > >It's not irrelevant because of the time controls. It is irrelevant because of >the number of games. Last night I played Shredder 4 against Shredder 5 at blitz >just to see if there really is an improvement. In the first 10 games Shredder 4 >won +5 -1 =4 (7-3). When I woke up this morning the score was: >+32 -21 =27 (45.5-34.5) with Shredder 5 winning! If I had trusted the first 10 >games I would have been very disappointed in Shredder5. >Another warning! The ERT is making errors in scoring mates. Check your games >when there is a mate involved. Most games are shortened by the "Threshold >score" but if it does go to mate there may be an error in the way it awards the >win. Thats right, the mate scores are reversed. Silly bug :) An update will be out very soon (today or tomorrow). Lex >Jim
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