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Subject: Re: Rules of thumb for strength estimation?

Author: Albert Bertilsson

Date: 12:50:42 04/25/03

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Hello!

Of course I understand this, I meant the 2 to 1 and 3 to 2 numbers as
representation of the relationship. I never play less than 50 games and I
understand that it is not enough to make a good prediction. I have to find a
balance between testing often and testing good, and 50-60 games is all that I
can do over a night. The main point for testing is of course to find out if the
new version is stronger, the reason for having the rule of thumb was to have
some idéa to tell if the things I'm working on are worth the trouble or if I
should focus on something else.

Still I thank you for pointing it out since there are many who take the result
from a 10 game match as a given fact, or even draw conclusions from fewer games.
I would actually like to see a greater focus on this since the normal person on
the people at best know about the latest man vs. machine tournament and thinks
that six games says it all.

/Regards Albert



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