Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 04:38:42 01/01/06
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On January 01, 2006 at 07:14:42, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote: >> >>It is known that part of the positions are unbalanced so I do not understand why >>do you even try to do comprison between rating and results. >> >>Note also that even in case that the positions are balanced you can expect >>smaller difference relative to difference in real games because in most cases >>the weaker engine does not get equal endgames in real games. >> >>Uri > >Yes, I realize this. I suppose rather than saying "its amazing" I should say " I >was amazed, or impressed by yace." I thought it was cool that a much older >engine could still be competitive. > >The only way to tell what constitutes a "big" or "small" difference would be to >run a massive endgame tournament. Then we could get some stats on whether, say, >a +7 score out of 40 is statistically unusual, etc. Yup - and thanks for the games! I wonder if there is any documentation about the Nunn endings. I haven't studied them much myself. Anyway - pos 1 is a draw with best play. The same for n:o 3 (in my suite), n:o 4 I think, and n:o 7. Maybe all are drawn with best play? /S
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