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Subject: Re: Just comparing lists...

Author: José Carlos

Date: 23:53:19 10/24/02

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On October 25, 2002 at 00:10:20, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote:

>SSDF engines list:
>
>1 Fritz
>2 Shredder
>3 Tiger
>4 Tiger
>5 Shredder
>6 Fritz
>7 Junior
>8 Rebel
>9 Hiarcs
>10 Shredder
>11 Gandalf
>12 Fritz
>13 Gandalf
>14 Tiger
>15 Gandalf
>16 Junior
>17 Tiger
>18 Shredder
>19 Fritz
>20 Fritz
>21 Crafty...
>
>and the list repeats itself until appears 29. Nimzo !; 38 SOS ! and 40.
>Chessmaster.
>
>In my oppinion the list should have this format:
>
>1. Fritz
>2. Shredder
>3. Tiger
>4. Junior
>5. Rebel
>6. Hiarcs
>7. Gandalf
>8. Crafty
>9. Nimzo
>10. SOS
>11. Chessmaster, etc...
>
>... but I doubt that if matches like Fritz-Fritz or Tiger-Tiger, etc were
>removed from the list the ratings and standings would not change.
>
>Please see my bullet/blitz rating at
>http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/7733/rating.txt
>
>... and for you guys that love soccer I'll send the "FIFA-SSDF" list:
>
>1. Brazil A
>2. Germany A
>3. Argentina A
>4. Brazil B
>5. Italy A
>6. Germany B
>7. Argentina B
>8. Brazil C
>9. Italy B
>10. Germany C
>11. Netherlands A
>12. England A
>13. Germany D
>14. Brazil D
>15. Argentina C
>16. England B
>17. Spain A
>18. Spain B
>19. Portugal A
>20. Croacia A
>21. Korea (only one version!)
>22. Japan A
>23. Brazil E
>
>... and the list repeats itself untill we find 44. Paraguay; 59. Uruguay; 75.
>Cameroon... and so on...
>Of course we won't see Argentina A x Argentina B matchs at FIFA's list...
>
>A. Ponti

  Nonsense comparison.
  A football team changes players everyday, while a chess program is a single
and independent entity. Fritz 4 and Fritz 7 are two different programs;
computing their rating together is like computing two tenis players rating
together: nonsense.

  José C.



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