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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