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Subject: Re: Thanks SSDF :-))

Author: Thorsten Czub

Date: 11:30:34 05/24/98

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On May 24, 1998 at 12:48:30, Karsten Bauermeister wrote:

>Hi Thorsten,
>
>all comments of you show only one single thing: You have not smallest
>suspicions of statistics! There is no matter, what strenght the opponent
>has. Except that case, that the opponent is more than 400 points weaker.

Your comment only shows YOUR ignorance Karsten. :-)))
And that you do not know anything about computerchess :-))


>Thanks to the SSDF, that these games show Thorsten's ignorance ...
>
>Karsten

I see the things different Karsten.
The question is not statistics. It is:
What are they doing there ???
Why don't they test Nimzo 3.5 on 386sx 16 Mhz vs. Fritz5 ?
I still have one in my basement and would lend it to them.
How many games do you think would Fritz lose against this machine ?

You cannot really believe that using these different platforms would
really generate sensible data you could generate ELO-ratings for
statistics ?
If you drink 10 beers and play blitz against fritz5, how shall we value
the ELO that comes out of this ?
Significant ? Senseful ?
Nimzo3.5 on p90 with 16 or 8 MB vs. Fritz5 200 Mhz MMX with 64 MB and
powerbooks is as different platforms like
you with 10 beers blitzing against Fritz5.
Although I am not so sure if 10 beers are enough for you to generate the
effect I want to refer, since you seem to drink much whenever you see,
so :
maybe 10 beers is not enough. 20 ?

Computerchess is very sensible to speed.
Some programs need a special search depth in minimum to generate their
positional knowledge without making blunders.
The search depth of programs does NOT develop linear !
Ignoring this means: getting wrong data for creating wrong statistics.

I have done many games on all kind of platforms Karsten.
I know about HOW programs react if you choose different kind of
platform.
I have heard you are the master in task-switching on ONE machine !
So you should know better. Or NOT knowing better since you use the same
platform :-)))

Thanks for your constructive comments.




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