Author: Madhavan
Date: 14:16:19 07/14/05
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On July 14, 2005 at 16:00:16, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On July 14, 2005 at 15:33:02, Madhavan wrote:
>
>>Just saw the result of Last WCCC,I wonder why there was only 11 games instead of
>>round robin 13 games?
>>
>>Round robin of 13 games looks better than Swiss of 11 games,swiss WCCC IMO seems
>>quite unfair.
>>Fritz was lucky because not having played 2 good opponents.Fritz was unlucky
>>too,speaking about its perfomance
>>with only 2 more round to play why the schedule had not been extended?
>
>Do you know how many games would be involved in round robin format?
I'm talking about WCCC 2004 and not your 200 engine testing tournament
>Swiss tournaments decide two things:
>Strongest
>Weakest
with 2 more WCCC round left to complete the round robin cycle,I'm asking why
the TD's decide the swiss.ONLY 2 round left not many
Round robin 13 rounds gives better result than 11 round swiss
>There is almost no data for inbetween (e.g. the Swiss format is not at all
>reliable to say -- for instance -- which participant was 3rd strongest).
>But it decides the {admittedly weak} answer in a provably minimal number of
>games.
>If you really want to know which program is strongest, you need a format like
>the SSDF. Nobody has the patience to play that many games in a tournament.
When It comes to WCCC,Programmers can only play 1 round,20-30 SSDF games were
being tested on different hardware or should I say low speed hardware[slower
than WCCC programmers hardware]
This thread is about:Why 2 more WCCC games had not been played [to complete the
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