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Subject: Re: Inflationary Effects?

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 14:37:46 07/09/03

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On July 09, 2003 at 16:07:03, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:

>An Elo rating tells you the difference in strenght between two opponents. Have
>you any clue why the rating difference between shredder and the next on the list
>is "not meaningful"?

In addition to what others have said, someone posted on r.g.c.c that Shredder
7.04 has also had an easier go so far. Shredder's opponent rating is the lowest
of the top 21 engines tested. It hasn't been tested against Deep Fritz 7 yet,
which the Shredder 7.0 had a very difficult time with.

As Dann reminded me yesterday, there are error margins, which show that Shredder
7.04 isn't statistically better, yet. So this tells us what we've known for a
long time. The top engines are all approximately equal in playing strength.

Shredder 7.04 2810 - 34 = 2776

Shredder 7    2770 + 27 = 2797
Fritz 8       2762 + 26 = 2788
Deep Fritz 7  2761 + 28 = 2789




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