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Subject: Re: Crafty 16.6 vs Hiarcs 7.32 Its only one game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 22:04:22 06/14/99

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On June 15, 1999 at 00:27:37, Eugene Nalimov wrote:

>On June 15, 1999 at 00:17:54, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>
>>On June 14, 1999 at 23:38:17, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>>
>>>On June 14, 1999 at 20:58:44, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 14, 1999 at 20:47:25, Chris Hendon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>This is clearly not a valid statement because it is only one game. The setting
>>>>>should be variously set and played through a series of games, not just one.
>>>>>Besides hiarcs is the best blitz program in the world and any other as far as
>>>>>that goes. When the crafty beats Hiarcs 7.32 18 out of 20, then you can say its
>>>>>better
>>>>
>>>>Yes, but at least now there is strong suspision that Crafty is not *much* weaker
>>>>than Hiarcs.
>>>>
>>>>Eugene
>>>
>>>Yes, but what is the suspicion regarding how much weaker Hiarcs is than Crafty?
>>>:-)
>>>
>>>Dave
>>
>>Sorry, of course you are right. Let's formulate it: suspicion is that one
>>program is not much worse (or better) than other.
>>
>>Eugene
>
>Sorry, it lookes that I worked too much today and all this weekend... Of course
>my first message was right. If program/player A beats program/player B in the
>first game, and we have no additional information, that means that there is high
>probability that program/player A is not much worse than program/player B.
>Nothing more, nothing less.
>
>Eugene

Right, so based on the one game, there is no limit to how much worse Hiarcs may
be compared to Crafty.

Yes, I am being a bit silly. :)

Dave



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