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Subject: Re: 10 games is not enough! Remember Fritz Junior match?

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 03:10:27 07/05/01

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On July 05, 2001 at 04:20:40, Harald Faber wrote:

>A disappointing result for the GambitTiger fans. Such a clear and justified loss
>hasn't happened before. I wouldn't explain the 2.5-7.5 with statistical margain.
>Looking at the games, I'd expect another win of Shredder if the match would be
>repeated. Maybe not so high, but a 6-4 would fit my  forecast. Shredder really
>played some fine games, see yourself. You find the games at
>http://www.geocities.com/Harald1312/HaraldFaberE.html.
>
>Next match is versus Hiarcs 7.32 who was already very hard to beat by
>ChessTiger. The first game ended in a draw, in the second one both programs show
>a +2 in favour of Hiarcs, but it is a rook and pawn ending so maybe GambitTiger
>can reach a draw.

10 games is not enough games to say anything for sure about program strenght!
I'm not sure how many games you would need to 99% sure that one program is
stronger than another. Perhaps 2-300?

Torstein



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