Author: Terry Ripple
Date: 02:00:38 06/28/99
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On June 28, 1999 at 04:28:22, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >On June 28, 1999 at 03:53:21, Terry Ripple wrote: > >>Hiarcs7.32 has Only a 59% Winning Advantage over Hiarcs6 after 50 games at 5min. >> >>All games were played with a AMD K6-2, 266mhz MMX with 64RAM! This time control >>shows no advantage to Hiarcs7.32 with its ability of retaining hashtables >>between moves! Score: Hiarcs7.32 = 29.5 to 20.5, I don`t see the advantage here! >> >>Blitz:5'/AMD 1999 >> >> 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 >>1 Hiarcs 7.32 0001½½½½½½½011½½1½½1110110½100½½1½½1½01½½1½½11½½11 29.5/50 >>2 Hiarcs 6.0 1110½½½½½½½100½½0½½0001001½011½½0½½0½10½½0½½00½½00 20.5/50 > > >Terry, > >Do you see 18 won games by Hiarcs 7.32 and 9 won by Hiarcs 6?? That is 100% >improvement in winning odds by H 7.32 over H 6 and that is what is important. >Draws don't mean much even in human chess matches. The 23 draws only mean that >both programs are good at tactics and deciding when to trade-off to an even end- >game. > >In political elections such a victory would be called a "landslide" with >emphasis put on the opponent only getting 41% of the vote. > >Hiarcs 7.32 is clearly superior and your data prove it. > >Tim Frohlick ---------- Hi Tim, Your absolutly correct! I can see your point and just wasn`t thinking straight after having a late night playing a tuff chess club tournament. The only thing i was looking at were the numbers and wasn`t considering all those draws! Thankyou for correcting this definite mistake. ------- Terry Ripple
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