Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: So which conclusion do you have?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 09:44:41 03/29/02

Go up one level in this thread


On March 29, 2002 at 12:10:52, K. Burcham wrote:

>On March 29, 2002 at 11:29:42, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>On March 29, 2002 at 10:46:37, K. Burcham wrote:
>>
>>>THE SSDF RATING LIST 2002-03-27   85022 games played by  237 computers
>>>>                                           Rating   +     -  Games   Won  Oppo
>>>>                                           ------  ---   --- -----   ---  ----
>>>>   1 Fritz 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz         2748   38   -35   395   68%  2616
>>>>   2 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 256MB Athlon 1200   2714   34   -33   460   63%  2619
>>>>   4 Gambit Tiger 2.0  256MB Athlon 1200     2708   37   -36   381   61%  2626
>>>>   5 Shredder 6.0  256MB Athlon 1200 MHz     2706   37   -36   379   61%  2626
>>>>   6 Junior 7.0  256MB  Athlon 1200 MHz      2684   34   -33   436   58%  2630
>>>>   7 Rebel Century 4.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2680   36   -35   407   63%  2587
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Kurt Utzinger tournament
>>>1: Junior 7           7.5 / 12   XXX 0=. 1== 11. 1=0 1=.
>>> 2: Fritz 7006         7.0 / 12   1=. XXX 01. ==0 1=. 110
>>> 3: Hiarcs 7.32        7.0 / 12   0== 10. XXX =1. ==. 1=1
>>> 4: Shredder 6.02      6.0 / 12   00. ==1 =0. XXX =11 ==.
>>> 5: TheKing 3.12 X     4.5 / 12   0=1 0=. ==. =00 XXX ==.
>>> 6: Chess Tiger 14.0   4.0 / 12   0=. 001 0=0 ==. ==. XXX
>>>
>>>
>>>kburcham
>>
>>So what is your conclusion then? :-)
>
>I have already posted my conclusion several weeks ago.
>In my post I gave my opinion on this tournament compared to Sarahs, Jonas, and
>SSDF. I do not like such a big difference in results posted here. it makes this
>forum not respected by other chess players.
>it would seem that the SSDF with so many games played would have meaning.
>I could put together a tournament post against any program here.
>like I said before, everyone here is going to believe what they want.
>the utzinger results make a joke out of SSDF results.
>kburcham

Why? Using whatever logic you may be using, couldn't you also say that
Utzinger's results are a joke because they contradict the SSDF's results?

These two tests have no direct correlation whatsoever, so therefore they cannot
be contradictory. They are just more data points to be used for "the big
picture" (which, from where I'm standing, says that all six of these programs
are equals).

The SSDF has a "champion", as does the CCT, the Dutch Open, etc. The winners of
these tournaments should in no way be considered to be THE champion (nor, IMO,
can there ever be "A champion", with new versions coming out all the time and
the infinite number of variables that exist in computer chess); they were just
the best during that tournament.

jm

p.s. And since when are these independent tournaments (tests) being held for
"respect"?



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.