Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 08:18:41 05/25/02
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On May 25, 2002 at 09:48:14, Harald Faber wrote: >On May 25, 2002 at 03:55:58, Sandro Necchi wrote: > >>THE SSDF RATING LIST 2002-05-22 86121 games played by 240 computers >> Rating + - Games Won Oppo >> ------ --- --- ----- --- ---- >> 1 Fritz 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2730 33 -31 494 64% 2626 >> 2 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 256MB Athlon 1200 2722 33 -32 477 63% 2626 >> 3 Gambit Tiger 2.0 256MB Athlon 1200 2720 34 -33 441 62% 2635 >> 4 Deep Fritz 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2714 33 -32 482 63% 2623 >> 5 Shredder 6.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2713 35 -34 432 64% 2611 >> 6 Junior 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz 2693 31 -31 511 57% 2641 >> >>Shredder 6.32 (CB version) is 27 points behind Fritz 7 > > >In fact Shredder is *17* points behind Fritz 7. ;-) >2730 - 2713 :-) > > >> 14 Fritz 7.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2631 45 -44 250 56% 2592 >> 14 Junior 7.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2631 27 -26 739 67% 2507 > > >Shouldn't be the program listed higher which has a smaller margin of error (= >has played more games)? > > >> 16 Chess Tiger 14.0 CB 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2630 28 -27 652 62% 2541 >> 16 Shredder 6.0 UCI 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2630 65 -62 124 57% 2578 >> 18 Fritz 6.0 128MB K6-2 450 MHz 2623 23 -22 1014 63% 2529 >> >>Shredder 6.0 (UCI version) is 1 point behind Fritz 7 >> >> SSDF comment >> >>We have played 124 games with the UCI-version of >>Shredder 6.0 K6-2 450 MHz, using the opening book of >>Sandro Necchi. So far the rating is 2630. With so few >>games it's difficult to draw any conclusions concerning >>which opening book Shredder 6.0 might benefit most from. >> >>My comment: >> >>What is 26 points difference? >> >>Apparently NOTHING:-)) >> >>No other comments are needed. >> >>Sandro Necchi > > >Exactly. And that is why I've been saying for ages that at least the top-5 >programs play on ONE level. None of them is really significant stronger than the >others. We know this, but this is not reality. For 99.9% of the worldpopulation it doesn't matter whether you are at 0.0001 difference at number 2, or at 1000 difference. The first one is the winner and the rest has lost.
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