Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 12:49:26 03/25/04
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On March 25, 2004 at 14:52:34, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >You have still not played enough games. I give below an example of a match >[40'/40] I have played over 100 games between Gandalf 4.32g and Program_X [I am >a beta tester of X] to show what I mean: > >Gandalf 4.32g vs Program X > >Games 1-10 >3.0-7.0 [win program X] >Total 3.0-7.0 for program X > >Games 11-20 >6.5-3.5 [win Gandalf] >Total 9.5-10.5 for program X > >Games 21-30 >5.0-5.0 [draw] >Total 14.5-15.5 for program X > >Games 31-40 >3.5-6.5 [win program X] >Total 18.0-22.0 for program X > >Games 41-50 >4.5-5.5 [win program X] >Total 22.5-27.5 for program X > >Games 51-60 >3.0-7.0 [win program X >Total 25.5-34.5 for program X > >Games 61-70 >5.0-5.0 [draw] >Total 30.5-39.5 for program X > >Games 71-80 >8.0-2.0 [win Gandalf] >Total 38.5-41.5 for program X > >Games 81-90 >7.0-3.0 [win Gandalf] >Total 45.5-44.5 for Gandalf > >Games 91-100 >5.5-4.5 [win Gandalf] >Final match result 51.0-49.0 for Gandalf > >Can anybody tell me for sure which of the above two is the stronger program?? >And what about if I had only played a 20 games match and these games would have >been those played in rounds 71-90? Then, the result would have been 15.0-5.0 in >favour of Gandalf 4.32g!! Imagine what some testers would have argued about the >strenght of program X? > >For all these reasons I think that something concrete about the strength between >two programs can only be said if 100, better 200-300 games or even more have >been played. The SSDF match between two programs should be 100 instead of 40, in that case we will have a more accurate SSDF rating list every 6 months instead of every 3 months. Jorge > >Kurt
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