Author: Tony Werten
Date: 23:22:17 07/09/03
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On July 09, 2003 at 17:37:46, Russell Reagan wrote: >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. Not too strange. All other engines can win against a 2800 engine, but Shredder can beat a 2760 engine at best. Tony >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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