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Subject: Re: crafty 19.6 better than 17.14

Author: Peter Skinner

Date: 19:15:42 12/06/03

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On December 06, 2003 at 20:06:29, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On December 06, 2003 at 11:22:15, Alex Szabo wrote:
>
>>My self-play experiment between crafty versions 19.6 and 17.14 resulted in the
>>19.6 version being stronger by 11 (plus or minus 2) rating points.
>>
>>The experiment was for 20,000 games at a 20+1 time control.
>                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>I fear the error margin is still much too high, play an extra 10,000 games.
>
>Ed :)

Well personally 10,000 still leaves doubt. I would have to suggest another
20,000 at that time control, then 40,000 at a slightly slower time control.

Keep slightly adjusting the time control until there are oh... 2,000,000 games
played, then I might be able to believe the results :).

Peter.



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