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Subject: Re: RK 2003 [120'/60] Comparison old / new

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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