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Subject: Re: If 75 Games are not considered a Statistical proof, neither is the SSDF.

Author: Hans Christian Lykke

Date: 06:14:48 01/30/01

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On January 30, 2001 at 09:06:09, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>Ever since I matched Nimzo 8 vs Junior 6 using my AMD K6-2 500 MHz and also
>matched them using my Athlon 800 MHz at G\60 and got different scores; some
>people argued that those games were not statistically significants to proof
>anything at all. Then we must disregard the SSDF rating list, since each Chess
>program only play 40 games against each other and not 200 games.

I think that you have misunderstood how SSDF works.

ex.: Which rating is the most reliable:

1. 400 games played with 200 games against 2 others from the SSDF-list
2. 400 games played with 40 games against 10 others from the SSDF-list

I´m sure it´s nr. 2.


Venlig hilsen

Hans Christian Lykke (SSDF)

>
>PS: I am still convinced that Nimzo 8 is one of the few programs just like
>Gandalf 4.32 that benefit the most by using the best hardware available. And
>they are not programmed specifically to outperform Fritz 6 on a particular
>hardware such as the AMD K6-2 450 MHz.
>
>Pichard.

• Re: If 75 Games are not considered a Statistical proof, neither is the SSDF. Jorge Pichard 07:20:42 01/30/01
  • Re: If 75 Games are not considered a Statistical proof, neither is the SSDF. Uri Blass 08:11:07 01/30/01
  • Re: If 75 Games are not considered a Statistical proof, neither is the SSDF. Jorge Pichard 07:25:34 01/30/01
    • Re: This short match show how certain programs benefit from faster P.C. Jorge Pichard 09:02:31 01/30/01
      • Re: This short match show how certain programs benefit from faster P.C. Hans Christian Lykke 09:37:02 01/30/01
        • Re: This short match show how certain programs benefit from faster P.C. Jorge Pichard 10:26:23 01/30/01
• Re: If 75 Games are not considered a Statistical proof, neither is the SSDF. David Wilke 06:50:37 01/30/01
  • Re: If 75 Games are not considered a Statistical proof, neither is the SSDF. Peter Fendrich 16:57:52 01/30/01
  • Re: If 75 Games are not considered a Statistical proof, neither is the SSDF. Uri Blass 06:58:32 01/30/01

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