Author: Joshua Haglund
Date: 00:29:03 02/05/05
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On February 04, 2005 at 22:52:42, Andrew Walker wrote: >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. It's very simple. Shredder 8 has +/- 20. It is an ELO Average of all the users with Shredder 8 with a ELO RANGE +/-. The reason it doesn't have a such a wide range is because it's consistant between the ELO RANGE. Joshua Haglund toneewa@yahoo.com
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