Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 19:02:43 11/22/01
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On November 22, 2001 at 17:22:14, Ian Aston wrote:
>On November 22, 2001 at 16:10:08, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>A score of over 71% for Junior 7 is quite impressive, especially over an engine
>>that's quite new and has done quite well in tournaments.
>
>This represents a difference of about 160 elo points and the error margins allow
>for such a difference. Junior 7 may be quite strong but no way is it 160 points
>stronger than Shredder 5.32. I think the only thing you can deduce from 33 games
>is that almost any score is possible from two strong engines.
>
>IA
>
>>
>>Does anybody know of similar domination between two top engines in recent years?
The result of the match suggests that Junior7 is 147 elo points above Shredder
with an error margin of +/-63 points if you want 90% confidence.
You still have 10% chances that the error margin is bigger than 63 elo points.
So don't bet your life on this.
Christophe
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