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Subject: Re: comment about tournament results posted here

Author: Mike S.

Date: 08:58:09 05/27/03

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On May 27, 2003 at 10:59:40, Zied Hadded wrote:

>I think that different computer CPU or Hash could have an influence into the
>length of games.

Forget that :-)) This really sounds like pure speculation out of the blue. Is it
based on anything, i.e. on statistically significant experimental results?

>The choice of the opening also (for example thematic
>topurnaments from a special position Sicilian B87 could favor one engine and not
>the other thus he would loose in a few moves).

But the matches mentioned have been played with *many different openings*, not
with one or two specific openings. So, how could that explain why one person's
comp games include more short games than the other's??

It cannot.

>An other explanation could also be a time control lesser than the published one
>(he says a 40 moves/60 min but its a blitz game).

Forget that too. Time controls have *nothing* to do with the length of a game
(the number of the moves). And if, then it can probably make max. 2 or 3 moves
more or less, never 20 or 30 moves more or less, in average...

And "time control lesser than the published one" makes no sense. Also, he was
talking about serious testers. Even the idea is an insult...

Regards,
M.Scheidl


P.S.: Maybe CCC should install a "second chance" option, where people can
reconsider if they really have something to say, after submitting a message...
:-)) (I might make use of such an option too, then and when... :-)



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