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Subject: Re: chesstiger14 vs junior5 w=8;l=7 d=6

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:43:36 06/05/01

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On June 05, 2001 at 14:03:03, Rajen Gupta wrote:

>hi: i've been running a match between the newest programmes and the older ones,
>with both programmes using their own copy of the opening books, to find out how
>much better(if at all)the newer programmes are as compared to top names from
>yesteryear
>
>hardware single celron 900 with 256 mb ram(64 hash for each programmes)
>
>engine vs engine match (all chessbase programmes)of at least 50 games each
>
>book= each engine gets the default copy of the chessbase tiger opening book with
>learning on.
>
>time 60 moves in 90 minutes.
>
>current match chesstiger 14 vs junior 5 (other contestants=gambit tiger2;
>fritz5.32; f6light)
>
>score tiger won=8 lost=7 draw =6
>
>as i am currently working away from home i can't post the games till the next
>weekend.based on the current performance i see no difference between the tiger
>of 2001 and junior5 of 1998.

The result suggests 19 elo difference for tiger but the statistical error is
clearly bigger than it.

It is clearly a mistake to get conclusions based on only 21 games.
You need hundreds of games to prove difference that is probably
between 50 and 100 elo.

Uri



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