Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:08:43 06/13/01
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On June 13, 2001 at 06:10:45, Jorge Pichard wrote: >THE SSDF RATING LIST 2001-06-11 79042 games played by 219 computers > Rating + - Games Won Oppo > ------ --- --- ----- --- ---- > 1 Deep Fritz 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2653 29 -28 647 64% 2551 > 2 Gambit Tiger 2.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2650 43 -40 302 67% 2528 > 3 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2632 43 -40 308 67% 2508 > 4 Fritz 6.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2623 23 -23 968 64% 2520 > > >The bottom line is always money, in which most buyers will quickly reason that a >3 rating points doesn't worth $35.00 between Deep Fritz and Rebel 11. > >Pichard That is incredibly poor reasoning, after you see people spend an extra 500 bucks on their computer to go from 933mhz to 1000mhz. :) I think people would spring for a program even if it was only .5 points better than second best. Something about having the "strongest" that is puzzling.. :)
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