Author: Uri Blass
Date: 06:58:32 01/30/01
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On January 30, 2001 at 09:50:37, David Wilke wrote: >On January 30, 2001 at 09:14:48, Hans Christian Lykke wrote: > >>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. > >If it is number 2, then that really only shows the possibility of an overall >rating, not a rating vs one program. It could also not show a true rating, as >the program faces programs on weaker hardware. I do not see the problem with programs on weaker hardware. I play against humans who can think faster than me or the opposite. Does it mean that my rating is not a true rating? Uri
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