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Subject: Re: Ruffian 2.0? 2700 elo in ssdf? 50$?

Author: George Tsavdaris

Date: 10:27:19 12/17/03

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On December 17, 2003 at 13:16:13, Uri Blass wrote:

>On December 17, 2003 at 13:01:11, George Tsavdaris wrote:
>
>>On December 17, 2003 at 12:42:05, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On December 17, 2003 at 12:32:37, pablinhoz wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Ruffian 1.01 is rated 2678 on amd 1200mhz 256 mb, Ruffian 2.0 is just 22
>>>>points stronger? that would place it #15 in the swedish list, or at least that's
>>>>what this link says
>>>>
>>>>          http://www.niggemann.com/software/464.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>      I don't think many would pay 50 american $ for ruffian 2.0 , taking in
>>>>count that its predecesor is 20 elo weaker, and is also avalaible for free...
>>>
>>>I do not believe that it is only 22 elo stronger.
>>>There is probably an error in the link.
>>>
>>
>>No error in the link. In the Niggemann page for information about the
>>programs, there are some amazing numbers in the ELO's of the programs.
>>For example they give Chess Tiger 15 as 2600(SSDF)!? Also they give the newest
>>Shredder 8.0 that has an ELO of 2650(SSDF)!!??, Ruffian 2.0 a random number
>>of 2700, Deep Fritz 8 a 2700 ELO in a 3.06PIV, Deep Junior 8 a 2600 ELO on a P3
>>and generally all the ELO's are almost random.
>
>I thought that the Niggemann page is an advertisment for  Ruffian and members of
>the ruffian team did the error.
>
>When I read only positive things about a program then it seems to me like an
>advertisment for the program and after paying attention to the rating that is
>the only negative thing it seems like an error.
>
>If the Niggemann page gives 2600 ssdf rating to chess tiger15 then it is better
>simply to ignore that page.

Well, we should ignore not the page, but only the ratings on it.



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