Author: Andrew Walker
Date: 19:52:42 02/04/05
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On February 03, 2005 at 23:57:38, Joshua Haglund wrote: >On February 03, 2005 at 22:18:36, Andrew Walker wrote: > >>On February 03, 2005 at 22:10:15, Andrew Walker wrote: >> >>>On February 03, 2005 at 21:16:06, Jason Kent wrote: >>> >>>>>@ Playchess.com: >>>>> >>>>>Play 2649 more games with The King 3.23 SKR. >>>>>Play 5000 games with The King 3.33 Milan 1.7a. >>>>>Play 2483 more games with The King 3.33 R2 >>>>> >>>>>Then these will be added to my list and go against: >>>>> >>>>>Engine Elo Range Avg. ELO RANGE >>>>>The King 3.23 R1 2547 2544-2550 >>>>>The King 3.33 2535 2520-2550 >>>>>The King 3.23 2468 2459-2477 >>>>> >>>>>Joshua Haglund >>>>>toneewa@yahoo.com >>>> >>>>How do you know what setting is being used when it is played online? I usually >>>>call my 3.23 settings CM9 "name", and 3.33 settings CMX "personality name". Is >>>>the server able to tell exactly what is running? >>>> >>>>Jason >>> >>>Note those numbers don't take into account: >>>- Computer speed (and if any other tasks are running) >>>- Hash size >>>- Learning accrued >>>- The opening book used >>>- If engine parameters have been changed >>>- How many if any tablebases are in use >>>Make your own judgement! >> >>Also, older engines will have a far greater proportion of games played on >>slower machines. So his numbers are just hot air. > >That is why there is a ELO RANGE. Not just one rating on one machine, with >certain settings, etc. Still doesn't make sense. I just saw one of your posts claiming +- 20 points for Shredder8. The number of machines playing with this engine are going to show a far greater range of ELO strength. You have not shown that you can use this to compare the strength of two engines, as you are measuring different quantities for each one.
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