Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 23:49:12 02/21/05
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On February 21, 2005 at 13:40:37, Dann Corbit wrote: >This is on the 2.2 GHz 64 bit computer (which had fewer problems than the slower >machine). The first set is the raw data, and the second set has had all >duplicate games removed. By duplicates you mean the full games must be identical? Half-duplicate games can also occur, ie. same book line but due to time fluctuations move 34 will be different. > Program Elo + - Games Score Av.Op. Draws >1 Polyglot fruit-book : 2553 31 35 372 59.9 % 2483 18.3 % >2 Polyglot glaurung-book : 2540 32 35 372 57.5 % 2487 16.7 % >3 Polyglot glaurung-no-book: 2481 32 34 372 46.2 % 2507 16.7 % >4 Polyglot fruit-no-book : 2427 40 29 372 36.3 % 2525 14.0 % > > Program Elo + - Games Score Av.Op. Draws >1 Polyglot fruit-book : 2550 32 37 348 59.3 % 2484 17.5 % >2 Polyglot glaurung-book : 2536 33 35 363 56.7 % 2489 16.5 % >3 Polyglot glaurung-no-book: 2483 33 36 343 46.9 % 2505 16.9 % >4 Polyglot fruit-no-book : 2430 41 30 354 36.9 % 2524 12.7 % > >It seems that Fruit may benefit from a book slightly more than glaurung. At >least, in the case of fruit, there is now enough data to say for sure that a >book does help. Imagine that, 86.5 Elo ;) Most people can relative easily get their hands on a book like the above, so the most relevant question, IMO, is how much difference is there be between this book and a hand made tournament book. Sadly that doesn't test so easily. -S.
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