Author: Günther Simon
Date: 03:47:17 07/19/03
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On July 18, 2003 at 18:02:09, George Tsavdaris wrote: >On July 18, 2003 at 13:19:47, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>English >>If we compare the following, nobody would believe that the same engines had >>played the same tournament with only a small difference: the books > >Is this a coincidence because of the few games or indeed the books play such >a big part in the "strength"=performance of the engines? This is not only >minor changes but a big difference. Junior from last is first and TK 3.23 >has 7 points less! >It's a very important question if the book is really a major factor for the >"strength" of the engines. And if in a given number of engines, there is >a book, that makes a specific engine A to play better against the others, >than using any other book. This must be true, but it is a question if "better" >is much better or slightly better. If it's much better, then the rating lists >of SSDF and the tournaments many others make don't really give the real >strength. >I will make a 1000 blitz 3min/game game, between Fritz and Ruffian with >Remis.ctg and Fritz8.ctg, where in 500 games Ruffian will have remis.ctg and >the other 500 Fritz8.ctg and see what happen, but i think i will not be >able to conclude anything. IMHO it would be more interesting (and useful?) to compare between: 1.)Both with remis.ctg 2.)Both with their own books (F8.ctg and Ruffian.bok) Just an idea... Regards, Günther http://home.t-online.de/home/g.simon.rgbg/
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