Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 03:36:51 03/29/04
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On March 29, 2004 at 04:00:58, Uri Blass wrote: >On March 29, 2004 at 03:38:54, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>On March 28, 2004 at 16:04:14, Jorge Pichard wrote: >> >>>The Blitz G/30 was over yesterday, and after 30 games Fritz 6 won by 20 to 10. >>> >>>I decided to continue the Match at G/90 and after 30 games Gothmog won by 15.5 >>>to 14.5. >> >>Hi Jorge, >> >>I am very grateful for the amount of work and CPU time you spend on testing my >>engine, and I am very interested in your games and results. But the limited >>number of games played does not allow you to make conclusions like the one in >>the subject line. The only thing you can conclude from your results is that >>in short matches, neither of the two engines are entirely without a chance >>of winning. >> >>>I still think that Gothmog at longer time control play a la par with >>>Fritz 6, since 1 game doesn't really make too much of a difference. >> >>I assure you, they are not even close. There is plenty of statistics to be >>found on the net to prove that there is a huge gap in playing strength. As >>an example, consider, Heinz van Kempen's rating list: >> >>http://www.husvankempen.de/nunn/ratings/ratingsnunn2.htm >> >>As you can see, Gothmog is rated 201 points behind Ruffian 1.0.5, which >>according to the SSDF list is about as strong as Fritz 6. Of course >>Heinz' list is based on blitz games, and it is possible that Gothmog is >>somewhat stronger at slow time controls (I expected the opposite, though). >>But the idea that the difference in strength between short and fast >>time controls could be as big as 200 points is absurd. >> >>Tord > >It is also possible that rating in the nunn position is different than rating in >games and gothmog is relatively worse in the nunn positions. > >Uri It could also be that Gothmog 0.47 is benefiting from using the Shredder8.ctg, since I have been using it instead od Gothmog limited opening book. Jorge.
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