Author: Odd Gunnar Malin
Date: 02:57:13 10/07/04
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On October 07, 2004 at 03:27:12, George Sobala wrote: >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. :) Did you watch the games, was it a lot of random results in drawn endgames? I usually prefer to have increment when I test with one timecontrol, eg. 5'+10 blitz to get something usefull for comparing analysis strength. Odd Gunnar
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