Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:49:46 04/26/04
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On April 26, 2004 at 17:00:22, Sune Fischer wrote: >On April 26, 2004 at 16:37:16, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On April 26, 2004 at 13:05:27, Sune Fischer wrote: >> >>>> Bad result in WCCC, good result in Blitz-WCCC, bad >>>>result in Leiden, won the CSS tournament, etc... >>> >>>I guess different hardware, books and operator skills also factors in. >> >>Hardly. In WCCC and Blitz-WCCC everything was identical, > >I imagine operator skills could have been a factor in the blitz-WCCC(?). > >>and in this tournament a very fast machine got a very bad result. > >Well, that happens. >It doesn't take more than 1-2 unlucky games to drop you out of the lead. > >Considering the randomness of booklines and who meets who in swiss and what >colors you get to play... > >Let's just say I'd be surprised if one of these tournaments actually ended up >with all engines according to their proper strength relations. It's practicly >guaranteed that some will over or under perform. Except for the winner and the loser, the swiss format tells you very little about the strength of the other competitors. And let's consider the error bars: Program Elo + - Games Score Av.Op. Draws 1 Shredder : 3093 228 543 9 88.9 % 2732 0.0 % 2 Hydra : 2923 255 213 9 72.2 % 2757 33.3 % 3 Diep : 2878 266 249 9 66.7 % 2758 22.2 % 4 Ruffian : 2877 266 366 9 66.7 % 2757 0.0 % 5 The King : 2786 278 284 9 61.1 % 2708 11.1 % 6 Chess Tiger: 2776 278 201 9 61.1 % 2697 33.3 % 7 Nexus : 2685 291 229 9 55.6 % 2646 22.2 % 8 Deep Sjeng : 2656 280 280 9 50.0 % 2656 11.1 % 9 IsiChess : 2595 291 229 9 55.6 % 2556 22.2 % 10 The Baron : 2560 229 229 9 50.0 % 2560 33.3 % 11 Tao : 2534 291 323 9 55.6 % 2496 0.0 % 12 Zzzzzz : 2364 366 266 9 33.3 % 2484 0.0 % 13 Ant : 2346 317 255 9 27.8 % 2512 11.1 % 14 Neurosis : 2329 317 255 9 27.8 % 2495 11.1 % 15 Goldbar : 2300 317 255 9 27.8 % 2466 11.1 % 16 Praetorian : 1897 0 0 9 0.0 % 2497 0.0 %
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