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Subject: Re: Last SSDF Rating List

Author: Tony Hedlund

Date: 07:51:39 03/30/99

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On March 30, 1999 at 03:02:27, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On March 29, 1999 at 00:06:46, Micheal Cummings wrote:
>
>>In the past I have called the SSDF rubbish for how they play their games, but I
>>have heard from the best that the rankings, while their maybe small errors are
>>pretty well accurate.
>>
>>I have never questions their rankings, but I have questioned their non show of
>>some programs, and still no Rebel 10. So I am pretty happy that now people will
>>at least have to come to the terms that CM6K is one of the very best chess
>>engine out their.
>
>When you questioned the "no-show" of CM6000, you were told it was because the
>games had to be played by hand, and it takes a long time to do that.  Let's face
>it, CM6000 just barely made the list this time around: the SSDF does not report
>results for programs that have played less than 100 games.  I imagine they got a
>bunch of people playing the last few just so that we wouldn't have to wait a
>couple more months to see where it stood.

Exactly. I played game 100 the morning before the deadline. I made it with
45min.

>Now you are questioning the "no-show" of Rebel 10.  Well, it has already been
>discussed here, but perhaps you missed it.  The license agreement for Rebel 10
>does not permit the publication of computer vs. computer testing without the
>permission of Schroder B.V.   Indeed, it explicitly mentions "such as the SSDF".
> So unless Ed decides he's going to allow them to test it, it's not going to
>show up, period.
>
>Dave Gomboc



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