Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 05:52:00 01/19/06
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On January 19, 2006 at 08:36:03, M Hurd wrote: >On January 19, 2006 at 08:30:55, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>On January 19, 2006 at 08:11:54, M Hurd wrote: >> >>>If you play an engine match of 1000 games against 1 engine and play another >>>match of 1 game each against 1000 engines, would you get the same rating ? >>> >>>Is it more important to play as many different engines as possible or just >>>number of games played. >> >>Depends on what your are trying to measure. Relative strength to one particular >>engine or general strength against engines in general. >> >>> >>>Presumably there will be an optimum number for games and number of engines >>>played. >> >>Theoretically, the optimal number approaches infinity in both cases. Naturally, >>this has virtually no practical value. You will need to be more specific to get >>a more useable response. >> >>> >>>Regards >>> >>>Mike > > >Hi Ricardo > >I was simply wondering what would likely be the ELO difference between the 2 >matches I outlined and which match would be the more accurate. Accurate in what sense? The 2 matches answer 2 different questions. What precisely are you trying to measure? My guess is you want to measure general playing strength rather than the relative strength between 2 particular engines. If that is the case, given those choices, this isn't a close call. One game against each of 1000 different engines is the way to go. Frankly, this ought to be obvious. > >Regards > >Mike
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