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Subject: Re: New SSDF-list

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 14:47:09 02/22/98

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On February 22, 1998 at 16:44:03, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>>                                    Rating   +     -  Games   Won  Oppo
>>                                    ------  ---   --- -----   ---  ----
>>  1 Fritz 5.0 Pentium MMX 200 MHz     2589   54   -50   198   67%  2463
>
>Is it april yet ??
>Who faked this ??
>I accept many things. But this only within ranges. And THIS result is
>out of my ranges.
>
>No - this must be a joke...


Nope...

>>  2 Nimzo '98 Pentium MMX 200 MHz     2534   43   -40   297   63%  2436
>
>So we have 2 of the programs have played the weakest way in Paris do now
>win almost everywhere ??!!??
>
>How does this fit together ?
>Why did those 2 programs fail miserably in Paris ?
>Pah - this is advertising not testing...

You are not going to compare 11 games in Paris with 200 by SSDF, are
you.

>WHO of you believes that Fritz5 is that stronger than Fritz4 ???

I do. Anybody that tested Fritz 5 without prejudices does. It is that
strong. Nimzo is strong too. And Moritz was right all along. I admit I
didn't expect so much improvement from Fritz 5. But I knew it was as
strong as Hiarcs 6, Rebel 9 or Nimzo98.

Enrique

>This is nonsense.
>They should stop publishing this list, because the list itself shows
>that the list is not working !
>They seem to have so many system immanent bugs that any kind of rating
>seems to be pretty hopeless.
>
>Do you really believe this ?
>I realized that Nimzo is stronger. I was able to feel it at home.
>Other tournaments showed this. But Fritz5 ? Hu ! This is a joke.
>My question: Why stopped Goran his work ?
>Is there any casual relation to Fritz5 ELO ?!
>>We have a new leader of the rating list! Fritz 5.0
>>P200 MMX has got 2589 after 198 games!! That's
>>the highest rating ever and 55 points more than
>>any other entrant has!
>
>And it is not real.
>
>
>>
>>Fritz 5 is about 160-170 points stronger than Frans
>>Morschs earlier program versions!
>
>
>And you really believe what you write down ?
>It only shows how worthless your whole project has developed.
>It looks pretty faked.
>NO Fritz version was EVER 170 ELO points stronger than the predecessor !
>This is absolute nonsens. We are all blind if this is true.
>No - there is a hidden parameter in your work. Search for it or the
>people will laugh about your list...
>
>
>>It's an enormous
>>improvement! Congratulations to Frans Morsch and the
>>ChessBase team!!
>
>It is an enourmous proof that the way you generate your results is 170
>ELO points WRONG !
>
>
>>
>>It has been claimed earlier that the results for
>>Fritz 3 and 4 would have been better if SSDF had had
>>PCs with larger RAM.
>
>Aha.
>
>
>>For Fritz 5 we have used at least
>>64 MB RAM. The auto232-version from ChessBase doesn't
>>work with less RAM... For most games the PowerBook has
>>been used and for the rest Fritz 5 has played from
>>the ordinary opening book. In both cases the book has
>>been on the hard drive in order to enable book learning.
>>
>
>So betray substitutes strength !
>Betraying becomes a major part of STRENGTH and chess , computerchess has
>now reached the level of live.
>
>>The margin of error for the rating of Fritz 5 is still
>>about 50 points, so large changes could occur when more
>>games are played. But since the gap to the other programs
>>is 55 points and more, it is most likely that Fritz 5 will
>>keep it's first place for some time.
>
>As long as you find out where your mistake is.
>
>>The competitors have
>>a slight disadvantage since they have to play manually
>>against Fritz 5 as long as the auto232-version isn't generally
>>available.
>
>
>You don't measure playing strength. You measure something different from
>this.
>The PLAYING-STRENGTH-INCREASE your list avokes is not real.
>
>>Next rating list will be made mid April.
>>
>>Thoralf Karlsson
>
>I think it looks the list has given away all kind of worth now.
>I would advise Mchess8 to implement more killer-lines against Fritz5.



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