Author: Aaron Tay
Date: 10:06:29 10/25/02
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On October 25, 2002 at 12:25:27, Sune Fischer wrote: >On October 25, 2002 at 12:04:50, Aaron Tay wrote: > >>On October 25, 2002 at 12:00:57, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>On October 25, 2002 at 11:40:00, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On October 25, 2002 at 11:25:49, Sune Fischer wrote: >>>> >>>>>On October 25, 2002 at 11:17:28, Uri Blass wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On October 25, 2002 at 10:45:32, Sune Fischer wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On October 25, 2002 at 09:30:27, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>You certainly see that you need a reference, you can just test all new programs >>>>>>>>... you need a known rating to test against... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Else you never know about the improvement. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Then my advice to Christophe is to release a Tiger 16, 17, 18,..., and 24 within >>>>>>>the next month. Fritz will only be the 11th best program in the world and Tiger >>>>>>>will OWN that SSDF list! >>>>>> >>>>>>The ssdf have not infinite number of testers and if christophe releases too many >>>>>>tigers then I guess that part of them are not going to be tested. >>>>>> >>>>>>Uri >>>>> >>>>>How unfair, there should be consistency in the rules! >>>>>If there can be 10 fritzes why can't there be 10 tigers? ;) >>>>> >>>>>-S. >>>> >>>>There can be but not if they released in a short time. >>> >>>Wrong. >>>Chess Tiger 14 and Gambit Tiger 2 was released at the same time as far as I >>>know, and they are both on the list. >>>Perhaps it would help if Christope gave them different names then: Tiger Kitten, >>>Tiger Sharp Claws, Tiger ColorBlind.. whatever. >>> >>>>SSDF did not test Fritz7.0.0.1,Fritz7.0.0.2 and Fritz7.0.0.8 as different >>>>programs >>> >>>How strange. >> >>Hate to point out the obvious . But Given that customers pay seperately to get >>Fritz 6, 7, DF 7 whatever, surely, it makes sense to test those seperately so >>customers can decide whether to upgrade? > >But they don't pay seperately for CT and GT :) > >>Not sure how you handle cases like Crafty which are free though. >>Also the case of Chess Tiger 14/GT 2. Otherwise Chessmaster (if tested) could >>have a dozen entries , one for each personality. > >Yeah, that is my point :) > >I think the "real" SSDF list should be a one author - one entry list, the main >reason for that is that the SSDF is considered an author ranking list (IMO >anyway) and you shouldn't be able to push down your competeters by simply >releasing new versions. > >Crafty for instance has been pushed way down to 21st, quite confusing I think. > >However, I think they should keep a link to a version of the list as it is now, >since that list has some other valuable information. > >-S. > >>>>Uri >>> >>>-S.
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