Author: enrico carrisco
Date: 19:02:12 12/27/01
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On December 27, 2001 at 19:12:02, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On December 27, 2001 at 19:06:38, Mark Young wrote: > > >>What do you mean.... Just noting that SSDF now shows ChessTiger 14 to be the >>strongest program. > >The SSDF gives ChessTiger the highest rating. However, looking at >the error bars, we easily see that does not necessarily mean it >is the strongest program. > >As I said before, if anything, the list shows they are of equal >strength. >-- >GCP Exactly why I've always felt that for the majority of viewers, the SSDF list is dangerous. A new name appears at the top of the list or another moves to the top of the list with a +4 rating and gross generalizations are spewed. The list is a great reference and very interesting for the games it produces, but many view the "scoreboard" as a tell-all. Dan -- breakout the multivariate analysis of variance -- we'll get to the bottom of this. :) -elc.
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