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Subject: Re: Fruit continues gaining ground

Author: Thomas Logan

Date: 11:05:53 07/19/05

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On July 18, 2005 at 14:48:14, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On July 18, 2005 at 14:23:39, Thomas Logan wrote:
>
>>>>current score
>>>>
>>>>THOMAS-KBZT8WLT, 120'/40+60'/20+30'  0
>>>>
>>>>                12345678901234567890123456789012
>>>>1   Shredder 9  01010½0½1½1½1½01111½½½½10½0½½001 17.0/32
>>>>2   Fruit 2.1   10101½1½0½0½0½10000½½½½01½1½½110 15.0/32
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>This is a close match
>>>>
>>>>At the end of twenty it looked like Shredder was running away with the match
>>>>
>>>>since that time however fruit has scored 7-5 against Shredder
>>>>
>>>>Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>      Hi Tom
>>>      You can now see the first time yourself why it's
>>>      important to have more than 20 games.
>>>      Kurt
>>
>>Hi Kurt
>>
>>Yeah
>>
>>But at classical time control it takes so long
>>
>>I hope no one says 50 is too little you need 100 or more
>
>500 is the reasonable lower bound to get a good idea about strength.
>1000 is much better and 2000 will give a very good picture.
>30 games is only a glimpse of a wild idea about which program is strongest.
>
>If you read Ernst Heinz's book, he offers good statistical reasons why 1000
>games is a good target.
>
>Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

Well the bad news is I do not have the time to play 1000 or even 500 games

at classical time control

I will play the planned 50

and that can be added to other classical results and perhaps someday

that will total up to 1000

Tom





Tom





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