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Subject: Re: The King 3.33 Milan 1.7a - my final settings

Author: Joshua Haglund

Date: 19:15:02 02/08/05

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On February 08, 2005 at 17:50:03, Andrew Walker wrote:

>On February 08, 2005 at 02:10:28, Joshua Haglund wrote:
>
>>On February 06, 2005 at 19:39:14, Andrew Walker wrote:
>>
>>>On February 05, 2005 at 03:29:03, Joshua Haglund wrote:
>>>
>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>Does this mean you are taking the uncertainty for each individuals rating and
>>>averaging those? Or something else? It would be clearer if you gave an example
>>>from just a small number of figures.
>>
>>All right. I posted something similar to this before.
>>
>>If you have two people using the same engine, example: Shredder 9. Person 1 gets
>>ELO 2575. Person 2 gets an ELO 2675. The ELO RANGE Average would be 2625 +/- 50.
>>The ELO RANGE would be 2575-2675. This is only with 2 people. On playchess.com
>>there are many more.
>>
>>(Example)
>>Engine            Elo Range Avg.         ELO RANGE
>>Shredder 9            2625      +/- 50   2575-2675
>>Shredder 8            2605      +/- 20   2585-2625
>>
>
>Thanks Joshua, so ELO RANGE= min score to max score
>                  +- figure= (max-min)/2
>
>To improve your list I would suggest adding the number of ratings used for a
>specific engine, to help the interpretation of these. Is it possible to get any
>further data from the server? It would be nice for instance to know the range
>and average of the CPU speeds used (duals etc may complicate this).
>
>Andrew

That would be nice, but playchess.com doesn't offer any of this information to
the public.

It's just simplified as everyone together, with one Elo Range.

I take what I can get for free :)

Joshua Haglund
toneewa@yahoo.com



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