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Subject: New Tune

Author: Chessfun

Date: 13:02:53 02/23/01

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On February 23, 2001 at 15:31:25, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On February 23, 2001 at 14:38:15, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>On February 23, 2001 at 12:21:28, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>
>>>On February 23, 2001 at 07:58:46, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>
>>>>On February 23, 2001 at 07:52:12, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On February 23, 2001 at 07:05:13, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On February 23, 2001 at 06:02:55, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On February 23, 2001 at 05:54:17, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On February 23, 2001 at 05:49:16, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>With the best settings available for Nimzo 8 (Middlegame Mobility 55 and Style
>>>>>>>>>Allaround) instead of the default settings using my Athlon 800 MHz it seems to
>>>>>>>>>me that Nimzo 8 strength could be improved by as much as 30 points compared to
>>>>>>>>>its default settings.  Dr.Chrilly you should take note of this and if is not too
>>>>>>>>>late, please modified Nimzo 8 settings for the remaining of the ICCP match.
>>>>>>>>I forgot to mention that Deep Fritz won the match, but it was not as bad as it
>>>>>>>>would have been with its default settings.
>>>>>>>I also understand that according to Christophe 50 games is not enough to proof
>>>>>>>anything, that I need at least 200 or more games, but I don't need 200 rounds to
>>>>>>>be beating by Mike Tyson, 10 rounds is sufficient for two professional boxers
>>>>>>>and in my case I might last 10 rounds if I train hard enough to run for 10
>>>>>>>rounds.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The number of games that you need is not constant and is dependent in the
>>>>>>result.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I guess that everyone will agree in cases that original nimzo8 is losing 50-0
>>>>>>against Deep Fritz when new Nimzo8 is winning 50-0 against Deep Fritz that 50
>>>>>>games is more than enough to be convinced that the new setting is better.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I do not think that you can claim that the new nimzo is  better than the old
>>>>>>nimzo based on only one opponent and I think that you need to test both nimzo
>>>>>>against many programs because it is possible that one setting is 30 elo better
>>>>>>against Deep Fritz but 30 elo worse against another program.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>30 elo difference is a small number and 50 games are usually not enough to know
>>>>>>which version is 30 elo better.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>You can have a big probability to be wrong if you try to claim things like it
>>>>>>based on only 50 games(I guess that if the difference is 30 elo then you have
>>>>>>probability of about 30-40% to be wrong in saying which program is better based
>>>>>>on 50 games of both programs against Deep Fritz but I did not calculate it)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Uri
>>>>>
>>>>>I also tested the modified Nimzo settings against Fritz6e or english version
>>>>>using my second AMD K6-2 500 MHz computer and the score at G\25 after 15 games
>>>>>was W6 L5 D4 I will leave it for another day until it reaches 30 games. But I
>>>>>can assure you that I'm not the only one testing the modified Nimzo 8 settings,
>>>>>there are two other persons at this time that are testing too, once we put
>>>>>all of our testing scores together it will end up being at least more than
>>>>>100 games total.
>>>>>
>>>>PS: Sorry for the typographical errors, also Fritz6e is leading the second match
>>>>by 1 point so far using the K6-2 500 MHz.
>>>>
>>>
>>>I just checked my K6-2 500 MHz and the latest standing is W9 L7 D4 in favor of
>>>Fritz6e.
>>>
>>>>>Pichard.
>>
>>
>>Maybe more test than you realize.
>>Also maybe you don't have enough games to ever say these are the ultimate
>>Nimzo settings. Especially after one trial at game 25.
>>
>>This match was run on two seperate computers. TB 900 @ 945 mhz.
>>Ponder=off, game 25, hash 32 mb, both using native interface and book.
>>Games available.
>>
>>Nimzo 8 mm55 18
>>Deep Fritz   28
>>
>>From Nimzo's view +8 -18 =20
>>
>>Sarah.
>
>You are correct to mention that we have not yet found the best Nimzo 8 settings


That isn't what you had said in;
http://site2936.dellhost.com/forums/1/message.shtml?155388

Sarah.


>just like with CM6000 it took me over a month to find a decent Personality and
>mine was one of the best three ever found.
>
>Pichard



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