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Subject: Re: SSDF(Yace Paderborn - Ruffian 1.0.1)A1200, 1½-½, now 7-16

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 11:12:58 03/13/03

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On March 12, 2003 at 13:13:35, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>On March 12, 2003 at 06:48:35, Tony Hedlund wrote:
>
>>The first eight games: 3.5-4.5
>>     next   "     "  :   0-8
>>Latest seven games   : 3.5-3.5
>
>The 0-8 is looking a bit frustrating. Taking the win/draw/loss ratio for white
>and black from the match until now, I calculated the probability of such a 0-8
>series in a match of 23 games. The result is about 1.8%, so perhaps not that
>unlikely, as it might seem at first glance. The probabilty of a 0-8 in a 8 game
>match is of course smaller: 0.2%. (again using the w/d/l ratio from the match
>until now).

Ruffian seems to be much better than many other programs at learning.  I would
suggest looking at the actual games and see if Yace is being punished for a bad
line.



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