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Subject: Re: My GM games collection is updated (Spring cleaning)

Author: Norm Pollock

Date: 07:17:00 06/01/04

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On June 01, 2004 at 10:14:18, Norm Pollock wrote:

Let me clarify a "half-truth" in the above post. Pgn-extract does not actually
"remove" extra twins/duplicates. What it does is detect them and it is up to the
user to remove the extras, which could be more than one btw.

>Great job again!
>
>I agree that computer engine-engine games should not be mixed with human games.
>How about a similar high quality collection up of recent computer engine-engine
>games? SSDF, WBEC, and others publish their games. But the problem is filtering
>out games that are not GM level. I also don't like to see games where both
>engines are using the same book, which is why I don't care for SSDF. Sometimes
>when I run a game in the Fritz gui using the same book, the game is finished
>before the engines leave the book! (Like in a 20 move draw.)
>
>A word on the meaning of "twin" and "duplicate". Imho, they are not the same. A
>twin involves the same players. A duplicate can be a twin but it can also be 2
>different players who play the same moves. Scid can remove extra twins, but not
>extra duplicates with different players in each game. However pgn-extract can
>remove all extra duplicates/twins.



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