Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 13:23:55 05/06/03
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On May 06, 2003 at 13:44:35, Mike Hood wrote: >On May 05, 2003 at 19:24:13, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On May 05, 2003 at 19:02:21, Brian Thomas wrote: >> >>> >>>>I would not even worry about geting an update of a version that is weaker than >>>>the original that came with your Fritz 8 CD. >>>> >>>>Jorge >>> >>>That is not true, or at best is an exaggeration on one specific example. First, >>>get the update, most if it are GUI bug fixes. If you want, keep backups of the >>>different versions of the engines. I haven't seen much of a difference between >>>the playing strength. >>> >>>Brian >> >>For each their own, you can test each version 100 games or more if you wish >>against Shredder 7 or 7.04, Deep Fritz7 and let me know what you can find. I >>don't have to walk 100 miles to calculate how long it will take me to get to a >>place located exactly 100 miles away, all that I need it to calculate my >>walking's speed and the rest is simple. If you take a small sample statisticaly >>you can make a good judgement without having to test the mass population. > >Not a very good example. For instance, I want to find out how long it'll take me >to walk 100 miles after I've walked 10 miles in 2 hours. So it'll take me 20 >hours? Wrong! After 12 hours at the most I'll get tired and go to sleep, so the >real answer is closer to 30 hours. I know I'm being whimsical, but the fact of >the matter is that after playing 10 games the result could be overly optimistic Here are more matches: http://www.beepworld.de/members39/utzinger/matches.htm >or overly pessimistic. The only way to find out how an engine will fare after >100 games is to play 100 games.
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