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Subject: Re: Results of David Dahlem's CM Anti-Comp Book

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:39:13 04/19/01

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On April 19, 2001 at 15:23:06, Steve Maughan wrote:

>John,
>
>From a statistical point of view these results are not significant i.e. you
>cannot say if this book is any better or worse than the default.
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve Maughan
>
>>Here are the results of testing David Dahlem's Anti-Comp book. This is a pretty
>>good theory that could use some more exploration. Oddly, though, this book was
>>the only one to lose a 32-game G/10 match (of the four books I have tested), and
>>the only one to WIN a 32-game G/60 match.
>>
>>32 games at G/10:
>>CM Default 17.0, CM AntiComp 15.0 (+10 =14 -8)
>>
>>32 games at G/60:
>>CM AntiComp 16.5, CM Default 15.5 (+9 =15 -8)
>>
>>So far, of the four books I have tested, I would estimate that either Brian
>>Kostick's or this one is the strongest.
>>
>>If anybody (other than David) wants the PGN files, let me know.
>>
>>jm

I never said anything about these books in comparison to the default book. I was
just comparing them to each other (when I said "four books", I meant four
custom-made books that I each compared against the default book).

So far, NONE of the books has shown to be better than the default, and only two
(AntiComp and Kostick) have shown to be potentially equal.

jm



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