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Subject: Re: breaking down the wins a bit more

Author: Vasik Rajlich

Date: 04:10:30 01/12/06

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On January 12, 2006 at 06:27:26, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:

>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.
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>If we assume that the four flagged games were draws, then the score would be:
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>rybka beta 9 55.5 -44.5
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Thanks, yes that's the right score to use.

My own score is now 92:78, although it's with a slightly different Beta 9(b).

Vas

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>On January 12, 2006 at 06:01:14, Vasik Rajlich wrote:
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>>On January 12, 2006 at 05:28:07, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:
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>>>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
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>>>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
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>>Joseph,
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>>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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