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

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 07:25:34 01/30/01

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On January 30, 2001 at 10:20:42, Jorge Pichard 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.
>
>I know how the current SSDF rating system work, but newer version of programs
>don't need to play against 10 others from the SSDF-List, it is sufficient just
>to math the newer programs agains the six top from the previous rating list and
>instead of just playing 40 games against each others, the number of games should
>be increased to 80 to satisfy the materialistics; and to provide a more reliable
>probability of the true strenght of these newcomers.

PS: plus I was just estimating the possible strenght that certain programs gain
from the increase in processor's speed.

>Pichard
>>
>>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.



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