Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 18:42:45 01/16/06
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On January 16, 2006 at 14:59:29, Keith Hyams wrote: >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%. And yet probably, they are about equal. (My guess).
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