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Subject: Re: junior 7 is better than chess tiger 14

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 17:48:54 09/27/01

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On September 25, 2001 at 19:48:21, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On September 25, 2001 at 19:44:26, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>On September 25, 2001 at 19:30:16, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On September 25, 2001 at 18:15:40, john c cook wrote:
>>>
>>>> junior 7 beat chess tiger 14   10 5 5  on two 1.4 ghz Amd
>>>>but on my old 800mhz piii  chess tiger 14 beat junior 7  8 5 3
>>>>all game at 40/2hr  144 meg hash for junior  192 meg hash for chess tiger
>>>>on the piii i belive chess tiger 14 was the best it beat all my other prorgam
>>>>at 40/2hr it look to me that junior 7  on a fast computer see more but i like
>>>>the way chess tiger play  chess has any one else come up the same way
>>>
>>>Sorry, but your conclusion does not follow from the data presented.
>>>It might be true, but you certainly don't present convincing evidence.
>>>
>>>With a few hundred games, you might have a better argument.
>>
>>It's OK for him to say it anyway, because he ALSO gives the details from which
>>we can understand whatever we want.
>> I'm inclined to observe indications of things, even when there is no conclusive
>>evidence yet.
>
>Keep in mind that I did not say he was *wrong* -- only that he does not have
>enough data to reach a firm and sound conclusion.
>
>I am aware that many people are ready to judge the strength of a program on
>limitied data.  I have seen claims to judge strength based not only on a single
>game, but on a single move!
>;-)
>
>Does not mean that those who make such predictions are wrong either.  Only that
>it is not mathematically convincing yet.  Whether or not a person feels evidence
>is compelling is up to the individual.

I suppose I can appreaciate that the natural feelings of a mathematician would
be more strictly mathematical.
S.Taylor



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