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Subject: Re: Just a non-important quick test of Toga 1.1, nothing special, just Blitz

Author: Roger D Davis

Date: 10:37:30 11/21/05

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On November 21, 2005 at 11:51:40, David Dahlem wrote:

>On November 21, 2005 at 09:21:49, Roger D Davis wrote:
>
>>On November 21, 2005 at 03:54:15, Rick Hagen wrote:
>>
>>>On November 20, 2005 at 23:59:28, Axel Schumacher wrote:
>>>
>>>>Blitz 4+1, both engines shortbook (max 4 ply), Athlon 2100+, 32 MB RAM, No
>>>>Tablebases:
>>>>
>>>>Blitz:4'+1"  0
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>1   Toga II 1.1  2812 +220   1101½0111000½½11111011½1110  18.0/27
>>>>2   Fritz 9      2863 -220   0010½1000111½½00000100½0001   9.0/27
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Running a nunn2 match vs Fritz 7 atm. (halfway through)
>>>
>>>TogaII 1.1-Fritz7_nunn2, Blitz:5'+5"
>>>
>>>
>>>1   Toga II 1.1   11½½11½0101½½111111½1  16.0/21
>>>2   Fritz 7       00½½00½1010½½000000½0   5.0/21
>>>
>>>P4 3Ghz
>>>HT 128MB
>>>TBs=off
>>>
>>>Rick (impressed)
>>
>>Ouch. I would have thought the 5 + 5 results would be a little better for Fritz
>>than the 4 + 1 results. Of course, it's too few games, but when one side has a
>>200% or 300% advantage, it begins to look statistically significant.
>>
>>Roger
>
>Well, one match was against Fritz 9 and the other match was against Fritz 7, so
>does comparing these match results mean anything at all??
>
>Regards
>Dave

Ah...I didn't notice it was Fritz 7. Still, it's remarkable to me that any free
program can beat a 2-version numbers-old market and strength leader by 300%.
Still jaw-dropping, at least to me.

I would, of course, love to see the results repeated at longer time controls
with many more games.

Roger



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