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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