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Subject: breaking down the wins a bit more

Author: Joseph Ciarrochi

Date: 03:27:26 01/12/06

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Vasik, I should note that 4 of rybka's beta 9 wins were because the earlier
rybka ran out of time in a drawn position. So you seem to have definitely
improved time management issues.

If we assume that the four flagged games were draws, then the score would be:

rybka beta 9 55.5 -44.5






On January 12, 2006 at 06:01:14, Vasik Rajlich wrote:

>On January 12, 2006 at 05:28:07, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:
>
>>Ok, i believe you folks when you say that testing an engine against its earlier
>>verison does  not do a great job of proving that the later engine (9) is
>>stronger. Still, for interest sake,.......
>>
>>5 minute 1 sec blitz
>>noomen positions
>>Pentium(R) M processor 2.00GHz  with 1,023 MB Memory
>>
>>Rybka beta9 wins 57.5 to 42.5
>>
>>Ok, so that is a good start for the newer beta release. I'm guessing there is
>>real improvement here, but i can't prove it yet. . Now, to test it against other
>>engines . Oh, to have a basement full of computers:() and by the time my one
>>poor computer is done, vas will have released another version
>>
>>best
>>Joseph
>
>Joseph,
>
>thanks for testing, I've added it to my data table. Indeed Beta 9 is about to
>become obsolete, but the data is still very useful. I want to be able to attach
>rating differences to the changes which I make, even after I am convinced that
>the changes were productive. (Which I now am re. Beta 9.) Search is a very
>strange thing and quite often I still guess wrong.
>
>Vas



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