Author: Tony Hedlund
Date: 09:41:00 06/03/99
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On June 02, 1999 at 21:29:25, Dann Corbit wrote: >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. >;-) Sorry, I meant thank you Dann. I wish more people read the list as you do. Tony
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