Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 19:57:25 03/31/99
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On March 31, 1999 at 21:54:03, Brian Smith wrote:
>On March 31, 1999 at 12:56:42, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:
>
>>On March 31, 1999 at 11:59:07, Steven Schwartz wrote:
>>
>>>Now that Chessmaster 6000 found itself on the top of
>>>the SSDF list, we have a new poll question for our
>>>members.
>>>
>>>To vote, or see the results of previous polls, click
>>>on the "Computer Chess Resource Center" link at
>>>the top or bottom of this page.
>>>
>>>- Steve (ICD/Your Move)
>>
>>The poll question is fine, but I would also like to see:
>> "¿Who do you think is the "stealth fighter", known only as 190, in the SSDF
>>list?"
>
>If you ask me 190 stands for E0C.
>
>Look at this... only highly speculative of course:
>
>A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
> 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
>
>Flip the numbers over and you get: C E O
> 0 1 9
>
>Now put them in the right order: EOC
> 190
>
>If ECO isn't it... I'm guessing it stands for something else, but 190 aren't
>just random numbers.
It's simply the 190th software/hardware combination that they've tested. Look
at the title line of their list.
THE SSDF RATING LIST 1999-03-28 65604 games played by 190 computers
Rating + - Games Won Oppo
------ --- --- ----- --- ----
1 Chessmaster 6000 64MB P200 MMX 2576 88 -71 100 78% 2363
1 Fritz 5.32 64MB P200 MMX 2576 29 -28 627 66% 2457
3 Hiarcs 7.0 64MB P200 MMX 2567 28 -27 676 63% 2471
4 Nimzo 99 64MB P200 MMX 2565 37 -35 390 63% 2472
5 Fritz 5.0 PB29% 67MB P200 MMX 2564 24 -23 946 67% 2436
6 Junior 5.0 64MB P200 MMX 2543 30 -29 576 63% 2447
7 Hiarcs 6.0 48MB P200 MMX 2524 25 -25 802 57% 2473
8 Nimzo 98 57MB P200 MMX 2523 24 -23 899 59% 2459
9 190 2522 54 -50 201 69% 2379
9 Rebel 9.0 46MB P200 MMX 2522 25 -24 843 62% 2437
11 Rebel 8.0 46MB P200 MMX 2507 31 -30 533 58% 2448
12 MChess Pro 6.0 41MB P200 MMX 2506 28 -28 637 57% 2453
13 MChess Pro 7.1 42MB P200 MMX 2505 24 -24 834 56% 2460
14 Shredder 2.0 57MB P200 MMX 2502 25 -25 765 55% 2464
Dave Gomboc
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