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Subject: Re: Odyssey2001-tournament: round 10 over, pairings round 11, games

Author: Thorsten Czub

Date: 01:29:10 12/09/01

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On December 08, 2001 at 16:14:39, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>Don't sell yourself short ;-).
>No, haven't got one.
>Nope.
>Nope.

>But I do know that:

>1) No evidence of improvement over the previous version.

no evidence of improvement YOU would be able to measure with your prejudices.

>2) According to Frank Quisinsky, which have been testing most of the Zarkov
>versions, the strength hasn't improved compared to previous editions.

same answer.

the mountain is there, but you don't see it. blind prophets.

>3) Not an overwhelming performance by Zarkov 4.5v in the tournament arranged by
>Leo Dijksman.

>Whether 4.5T is worse or better than its successors is difficult to estimate,

exactly.


>but I imagine that the author has hopes in that general direction. And if 4.5T
>was that incredible then why was 4.5u and 4.5v released.

why not. if he didn't know himself, he continues programming.
i know a few programmers who are unable to find out about the strength of their
versions. the normal procedure they do is let version x run against x+1.
this way of course you cannot measure the progress between 2 versions.



>Amen!
>snip <facts>

>The only surprise, and a mild one at that, was against Yace. Otherwise nothing
>to shout about or even remotely significant enough for your speculation.

nobody can help you. you are far from this stage. a blind prophet in a desert,
waiting for the rain to come.


>Regards,
>Mogens



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