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Subject: Re: Comet A.96 - Wcrafty15.20 20 games blitz match

Author: blass uri

Date: 08:45:57 10/20/98

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On October 20, 1998 at 10:37:36, Nouveau wrote:

>
>On October 20, 1998 at 01:36:22, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>Here's result for 20 games match with 60/5 time limit (under Winboard):
>>
>>Comet    0.5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0.5 0 0.5 1 0.5 0 1 0   = 8
>>Wcrafty  0.5 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.5 1 0.5 0 0.5 1 0 1   = 12
>>
>>So they are very close to each other in playing strength.
>>
>>Jouni
>
>12-8 is very close ??????????
>
>When can we say : Crafty is better than Comet ? 18-2 ?
>
>I don't understand these statistical stuff : I can't imagine a 12-8 result in a
>match between 2 GM with a conclusion like "They are very close in playing
>stregth".
>
>Why do we need hundreds, maybe thousands of games between computers to evaluate
>relative strength, when few dozens are more than needed for human GMs ?

I do not think that few dozens are more than needed for human GMs

Uri
>
>Jeff



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