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Subject: Re: This short match show how certain programs benefit from faster P.C.

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 09:02:31 01/30/01

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On January 30, 2001 at 10:25:34, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>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.

This short match on Pentium III 933 MHz clearly support by point that as
the processor's speed increases Nimzo 8 benefit more than Junior 6, but on the
AMD K6-2 450 MHz which is what the testers from the SSDF are currently using
Nimzo 8 will suffer considerably.

http://www.computerschach.de/tourn/cad2001/cad2001.htm

>>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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