Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 03:57:05 11/25/03
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On November 24, 2003 at 23:19:27, Robert Hyatt wrote: > > >Yeah, but when comparing humans, there is no decimel point in my >comparisons. RE: Fide ratings. > >:) There are two questions here: A) how strong are the two engines in relation to eachother? B) which of the two engines are stronger? You want to know A, you always want to know A, and therefore you care very much about #draws. Knowing A is much better than knowing B, by knowing A we also know B! Knowing B however is 'enough' and much easier to answer in general. The only thing that keeps this from being really interesting in practise, IMO, is that selfplay matches do not necessarily give a valid picture of strength relations, which means answering B isn't enough to see if there is progress. By playing against a third alien engine we are going to need an answer to A to see if there is any progress. -S.
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