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Subject: Re: How strong IS Shredder Classic 1.1 ?

Author: George Sobala

Date: 00:27:12 10/07/04

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On October 07, 2004 at 03:06:12, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On October 07, 2004 at 02:27:56, George Sobala wrote:
>
>>First result: I let Ruffian 2.0.0 (Shredder's nemesis) run the gauntlet
>>overnight against Shredder 8 UCI and Shredder Classic 1.1 at 3'+0" blitz.
>>Ruffian used its own book, 64M hash, Centrino 1.6GHz, both Shredders used the
>>downloadable big book from shredderchess.com. I used the Classic GUI.
>>
>>Results:
>>
>>Ruffian v Shredder 8 : 16.5 - 13.5
>>Ruffian v Classic 1.1 : 14.5 - 15.5
>>
>>Interesting.
>
>     Not interesting in so far as results
>     are within the usual statistical error
>     margins. Much too less games played
>     to conclude something.
>     Kurt

That is statistical nihilism and is simply not true.

I can statistically conclude the following:

1. Shredder 8 is not HUGELY better than Classic 1.1 against Ruffian2 at 3+0
blitz.

2. There is more than a 50% chance that Classic 1.1 is STRONGER than Ruffian2 at
3+0 blitz.

... which I find interesting. :)



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