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Subject: Re: I'm not going to know yet, am I!!!(?)

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 05:12:53 11/09/01

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On November 09, 2001 at 07:21:29, stuart taylor wrote:

>If I stop posting after 2-3 days from now, so that means I'm saying farewell!
>for about 4-5 weeks as I might or might not be going away to UK and US (From
>Israel).
> After that, I expect to continue for a few more months, and then start phasing
>out, and eventually leave. I had intended to have left already (possibly to give
>up internet in general).
>  But to date, now, It seems that I'm not going to know if Fritz 7.0 or other,
>GT Agg, or other, Rebel Centry 4, Junior 7.0, or any others will be THE top.
>
>It seems to be that any of these programs even when they lose badly, it doesn't
>take down from their value too much, as it is partly due to chance that it
>worked out that way.
>
>What I would really like to know is which (older) programs will NEVER win a game
>from which (NEWER) programs? (pref. at same time level), because when one loses,
>it would seems to mean that the program lacks reliability in certain things
>which the lesser program IS reliable in.

Not always.
It is also possible that the weaker program was lucky to find that it wins.

You can play Fritz at depth x against Fritz at depth x+1 and you will be
surprised to find that Fritz at depth x can win small part of the games.

Fritz at depth x+1 is the better program but it is not enough never to lose
games.

Uri



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