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Subject: Re: Junior8, Fritz8 and Shredder7 predictions

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:14:13 11/15/02

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On November 15, 2002 at 09:39:52, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On November 15, 2002 at 07:46:07, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>
>>On November 15, 2002 at 02:24:14, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On November 15, 2002 at 01:29:06, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 14, 2002 at 12:48:11, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On November 14, 2002 at 07:49:14, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On November 14, 2002 at 07:40:08, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On November 14, 2002 at 02:55:46, stuart taylor wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On November 14, 2002 at 00:59:54, Sandro Necchi wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>On November 13, 2002 at 10:32:11, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>On November 13, 2002 at 01:26:19, stuart taylor wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>On November 13, 2002 at 00:41:41, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On November 12, 2002 at 13:55:34, José Carlos wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>On November 12, 2002 at 13:30:49, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On November 12, 2002 at 02:48:21, José Carlos wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On November 11, 2002 at 22:08:13, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On November 11, 2002 at 19:13:19, John Rice wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I realize these engines are not even available yet commercially, but I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>guessing they have been beta testing for some time. For those of you involved in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>the beta testing, or have access to beta results, which of these three engines
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>do you expect to top the SSDF? With Deep Fritz 7 and Chess Tiger 15 added to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>mix, how would you rank all five from top to bottom? Here is my guess:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>1. Shredder 7
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2. Fritz 8
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>3. Chess Tiger 15
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>4. Junior 8
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>5. Deep Fritz 7
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>On what is based your guess? Crystal ball? Marijuana?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>    Christophe
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  Do you use crystal ball and marijuana? Or do you think anyone who posts
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>something you don't like is in drugs?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  José C.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>It's not that I don't like it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>It's just that rolling dices would be a more scientific method.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>But who cares about science here? It's all about impressions and fantasy.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>    Christophe
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  Science is part of the fun. Impressions and fantasy are other part of the fun.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>None of both parts deserve the accusation of using drugs. Open your mind;
>>>>>>>>>>>>>there're more things in the world apart from science.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  José C.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Open your mind too. Never heard about "humour" (or "humor", depending on where
>>>>>>>>>>>>you live)?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>It was an humoristic way for me to say that this prediction was bullshit.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>    Christophe
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Is my prediction (a few posts below) just as BS?
>>>>>>>>>>>S.Taylor
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Any prediction that includes non-released programs is bullshit.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>It depends who makes it and how it is made.
>>>>>>>>>A general statement like this is bullshit.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>    Christophe
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Sandro
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>And just wait and see if I was right!
>>>>>>>>Junior 8
>>>>>>>>Tiger 15
>>>>>>>>Fritz 8
>>>>>>>>Shredder 7
>>>>>>>>DF. 7
>>>>>>>>And CM9K Utzinger very close by.
>>>>>>>>S.Taylor
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>OK, here are my expectations:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Junior 8 = + 60 points over Junior 7
>>>>>>>Tiger 15 = + 45 points over CT14
>>>>>>>Fritz 8 will be postponed to make it stronger...
>>>>>>>Shredder 7 = + 50 points over UCI Paderborn
>>>>>>>DF 7 = we know it already. My expectation after seeing some games was 35-40
>>>>>>>points stronger than Fritz 7
>>>>>>
>>>>>>1 Deep Fritz 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz  2763
>>>>>>2 Fritz 7.0 256MB Athlon 1200 MHz  2742
>>>>>>
>>>>>>only 21 points difference ... so you admit that your error margin is 180% ?? ;o)
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes, but I do not know this program as I do with Shredder and I think it will
>>>>>gain some points in the near feature as Fritz 7 will loose some.
>>>>>
>>>>>Sandro
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Now you can guess the resulting SSDF list
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Sandro
>>>>
>>>>I mean that the final difference will be around 30 points.
>>>>
>>>>Anyway I AM NOT INTERESTED TO FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW MANY POINTS DIFFERENCE THERE
>>>>IS BETWEEN A PROGRAM AND ANOTHER. For me 10-15 points more or less means very
>>>>little.
>>>>
>>>>Today is difficult to see if a version is stronger than another and you are
>>>>pointing out that the difference is about 14 points?
>>>>
>>>>SSDF makes very many games and still leave an error percentage, so how can I be
>>>>precise 100%?
>>
>>Hi,
>>>
>>>Simply by giving more freedom for error in your estimates.
>>
>>I made predictions so I gave the most expectable value (to me).
>>>
>>>Instead of saying that a program is 35-40 elo better you can say it is 5-60 elo
>>>better.
>>
>>5  to 60 does not mean anything.
>>I would not say that player plays 1000 to 2700 Elo points...
>>
>>>
>>>I do not believe that you or somebody else can get a good estimate for the exact
>>>difference in an interval of 5 elo after seeing some games.
>>
>>What you believe is not important.
>
>If you wish to answer your questions [below] for movei, then Uri's opinions are
>useful.  You can gain insights into Uri's program which you could not get by
>just studying movei's games.

I believe that today movei's chances in a game against shredder are small.
Today I do not expect Sandro to study movei's public games(there are some public
games of my private version).

Things may be different if movei gets better in the future.

Uri



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