Author: James T. Walker
Date: 10:08:26 12/15/02
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On December 15, 2002 at 06:31:48, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On December 15, 2002 at 05:04:24, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>It's not a real encouragement for an amateur to compete with his own book. > >Quite. But it was a SSDF decision. Either it should be abolished or extended to >other amateurs. Of course now it's possible to autoplay WB engines with their >own books. > >>And it distorts the list. > >That is doubtfull given the number of amateurs. At least if we talk about >measurable distortion. There are probably distortions of a grander magnitude. > >Regards, >Mogens The number of amateurs in the SSDF list is not that big. And it takes time to create a killer book. In the meantime some engines have been given a book which is better than they deserve. Engines should only be tested with their own book in my opinion or an "*" put by their rating explaining the circumstances under which the rating was achieved. (I just like to complain) Jim
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