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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 7.32 leads Fritz 5.32 on an inferior machine. Hey Victor !?

Author: Terry Ripple

Date: 00:58:51 07/23/99

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On July 22, 1999 at 18:39:44, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:

>On July 22, 1999 at 16:29:17, Terry Ripple wrote:
>
>>On July 22, 1999 at 16:24:02, Andrew R. Case wrote:
>>
>>>How do we know the testers are not lying about the results,they are both
>>>outstanding programs and niether has anything to be desired over the other.
>>>
>>>                 Andy
>>------
>>Hi Andy,
>>  Results can be easily verified if the tester posts the games of the match!
>>-----
>>Terry
>
>	Games can be verified one by one; but nothing prevents a tester from playing 22
>games and then reporting a 20 game match, discarding two losses by his favorite
>program.
>	Please note that I am not suggesting that any tester in particular has done
>this.
>José.
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Yes, i realize this can be done but why on earth would this be so important for
someone to be this dishonest! I have more faith in the people on this forum to
be honest and until i see otherwise i will continue to believe in our fellow-
man.
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Terry



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