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Subject: Re: Fruit 2.2.1 in CEGT 40/40

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 06:17:47 11/04/05

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On November 04, 2005 at 09:16:54, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 04, 2005 at 08:46:07, Heinz van Kempen wrote:
>
>>>
>>>Heinz, yes, looking at the ELO performance against the various opponents is
>>>fascinating. Against some of the weaker opponents, the ELO performances are
>>>huge. So once we get more matches against weaker opponents, and bring the
>>>average opponent ELO down to a similar level to Fruit 2.2, then I reckon we may
>>>see maybe a 5 point advantage to Fruit 2.2.1 over Fruit 2.2
>>
>>Hi Ray,
>>
>>yes,  would be better than nothing and about what most CEGT testers expected
>>beforehand.
>
>The difference is smaller than the statistical error so we can say nothing
>even if the difference in rating is 5 elo.
>
>I think that it could be expected because possible gain from the 5 piece
>tablebases is very small.
>
>potential gain from tablebases is higher for weak program but unfortunately
>fruit is not a weak program.
>
>Uri

of course when I say "unfortunately" I mean relative to the target of seeing
significant gain.

Uri



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