Author: Keith Hyams
Date: 11:59:29 01/16/06
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On January 16, 2006 at 14:39:06, Albert Silver wrote:
>On January 16, 2006 at 13:53:39, Keith Hyams wrote:
>
>>
>>There may be a tendency for authors to use results against the then market
>>leader as a measure of progress, resulting in effectively tuning the engine
>>against Shredder.
>> I remember Mr Rajlich quoting his results against Shredder when he first asked
>>for beta testers.
>>
>>While it is early days still in the Hiarcs Shredder match, if these results are
>>representative, they are not in line with the results that Hiarcs gets against
>>other engines.
>> Keith
>
>Bah. This is routine. In one of my matches testing some settings of Rybka, it
>started the match against Gambit Fruit with a stupendous 6.5 - 0.5! Yet, at the
>end of the 40 games, it had scored worse than other settings (less than 60%).
>
> Albert
Yes, I know that it is very early, but, from the results so far, the chances of
Shredder demonstrating equal strength to Hiarcs are no more than 7%.
Keith
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