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

Author: James Robertson

Date: 15:59:37 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.
>
>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.

I recommend you take an elementary course in statistics. It will clear up any
questions and correct any assertions.

James



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