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Subject: Re: Inflationary Effects?

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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