Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 18:29:25 06/02/99
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On June 02, 1999 at 02:19:10, Brett Clark wrote: >The SSDF Rating List - June 01, 1999 >66289 games played by 191 computers > Rating + - Games Won Oppo > ------ --- --- ----- --- ---- > 1 Fritz 5.32 64MB P200 MMX 2577 29 -28 627 66% 2458 Fritz 5.32 has a rating between 2606 and 2549 with 95% confidence. The swath of possibilities would be even larger for 97% confidence, etc. > 2 Chessmaster 6000 64MB P200 MMX 2576 61 -53 182 76% 2378 CM 6000 has a rating between 2637 and 2523 with 95% confidence. > 3 Hiarcs 7.0 64MB P200 MMX 2570 27 -26 715 63% 2475 H7 has a rating between 2597 and 2544 with 95% confidence. > 4 Fritz 5.0 PB29% 67MB P200 MMX 2565 24 -23 946 67% 2436 Fritz5 has a rating between 2589 and 2542 with 95% confidence > 5 Nimzo 99 64MB P200 MMX 2563 32 -31 513 63% 2471 Nimzo99 has a rating between 2595 and 2532 with 95% confidence > 6 Junior 5.0 64MB P200 MMX 2543 30 -29 576 63% 2448 Junior 5 has a rating between 2573 and 2514 with 95% confidence > 7 Rebel 9.0 47MB P200 MMX 2525 24 -24 883 62% 2442 Rebel 9 has a rating between 2549 and 2501 with 95% confidence. etc. for the rest. Notice with this group, there is no way to know for sure if any of them is really better than the others. The "odds are" that the top programs are somewhat better than those below them. But notice that within the same confidence band, Rebel 9 might be 2549 and Fritz 5.32 could be also. The highest mean ELO estimate goes to Fritz, but I think that CM or Hiarcs are equally likely to be of the same strength or higher. In any case, all of these programs are on a par in ability and they would have to play each other thousands of times to find out which one is really the strongest. By which time, of course, we would all have upgraded and nobody would care. ;-)
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