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Subject: Re: Diep and Falcon #2 and 3

Author: Omid David Tabibi

Date: 14:32:58 05/02/04

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On May 02, 2004 at 13:05:11, rasjid chan wrote:

>On May 02, 2004 at 10:45:58, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On May 02, 2004 at 07:24:33, rasjid chan wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Shredder 8 is the only engine that consistently scores above 50%
>>> ...against Falcon
>>>
>>>I'm not english speaking.
>>>
>>>There NEVER should be a dispute in this!
>>>
>>>1) consistently (may strictly) mean all the time. Man often use the
>>>near meaning - almost all the time.
>>
>>
>>Not really.  Consistently means repeatably.  My websters says "reproducible"
>>
>>I can consistently win matches by only one game.  Poker players _never_ win
>>every hand, but the best consistently win hands...
>>
>>
>>>2) (1) implies batch testing.
>>>3) > 50% denotes a winning score or a win in a batch test.
>>>
>>>So Omid strictly mean Shredder wins him almost all the time.
>>>FRITZ AND JUNIOR NEVER DID, maybe only winining on average 20% of
>>>the batches (GREAT FALCON) or on average 65% ( == not consistently)
>>
>>Wrong.
>>
>>
>>>-Poor Falcon in 5th place, Diep 2nd
>>>That leaves SnailchessAu in the 6th, poor me.
>>>
>>>How should I continue.
>>>
>>>Rasjid
>
>Sorry. Firstly I didn't know case closed, huge thread.
>
>I think Omid used it as I used it, the wrong meaning so
>everything went exponential. Also as a (weak) human

Well, last time we counted I was the third strongest human player amongst the
active programmers, after Vincent Diepeveen and Johannes Zwanzger. By FIDE
standards I am surely considered a weak player (mere 2250, and it was five years
ago), but that is also not that terrible :)


>a strong program
>is a source of pride and he was (overly) eager to let the world know
>it was done.
>
>Rasjid



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