Author: Uri Blass
Date: 02:42:08 11/08/05
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On November 08, 2005 at 05:24:09, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On November 08, 2005 at 03:12:20, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On November 08, 2005 at 02:01:56, Sandro Necchi wrote: >> >>>On November 08, 2005 at 01:39:25, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >>> >>>>On November 07, 2005 at 13:32:29, Sandro Necchi wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hi, >>>>> >>>>>I think I have improved Columbus' egg 9g with the latest 9L (Lyon) version. >>>>> >>>>>I am testing it against "Fritz friend" (Fritz 9) at 90 minutes game on 2 equal >>>>>AMD XP 3000+, so similar to SSDF on A1200 >>>>> >>>>>Columbus' egg 9L + Shrddr10.bkt prc (preliminary c version) - Fritz 9 = 7 - 4 >>>>>(+5, =4, -2) 63.6% TP = +97 Elo >>>>> >>>>>P.N. >>>>> >>>>>1. Shredder10 prc is in std. mode, so not the strongest mode! >>>>> >>>>>2. The improvements on Columbus' egg 9L are mainly strategical in the first >>>>>part/middle game as the new settings are more refined. >>>>> >>>>>If this version will score very well after several games I will post the >>>>>settings. >>>>> >>>>>Ciao >>>>>Sandro >>>> >>>> Hi Sandro >>>> You are very courageous to conclude something >>>> out of 11 games only. In our Fruit 2.2.1 test >>>> Fritz 9 lost in the first 10 games with 2,0-8,0 >>>> but was almost equal after 50 games. In my >>>> Nunn2 match, Fritz 9 won the first serie vs >>>> Fruit 2.2.1 with 8,0-2,0 only to loose the >>>> second serie with 3,0-7,0 and from such experience >>>> I can't take matches under 50 games seriously. A >>>> further good examply of how things can go/vary >>>> to be seen at my comments re our RK 2004 tournament >>>> http://www.utzingerk.com/rk_2004_english.htm >>>> Regards >>>> Kurt >>> >>>Hi Kurt, >>> >>>sorry but I said "I think", not I am sure. So you cannot say that I concluded >>>something, however I made several tests before starting the match looking this >>>setting on several positions, so I was not relying on this score, but on a >>>overall judgement. >> >>Did you look at games from CEGT? >>I guess that the games can give you productive knowledge about the mistakes of >>colombus egg 9g so the question is if you found that the new setting can avoid >>significant part of the mistakes of 9g >> >>Uri > > > Hi Uri > You are surely aware that testing is a very > hard job. If a new setting can avoid the > mistakes of 9g this does not necessarily > mean that the new setting will not produce > other - so far not known - mistakes -:) > Regards > Kurt I know it but I think that good testing should start from mistakes of previous personality because if it even does not avoid significant part of the mistakes of previous personality the chances that it is going to be better is very small. My opinion is that playing games should be only last part and not first part when you think that you may have an improvement. Uri
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