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Subject: Re: Big problem computing engines rating

Author: José Carlos

Date: 10:28:16 09/20/99

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On September 20, 1999 at 13:11:00, James T. Walker wrote:

>On September 20, 1999 at 09:59:23, José Carlos wrote:
>
>>  I like to make games between engines to compute my rating list. Last night, I
>>set a match (30'/game) between Tristram 4.018 and Inmichess 2.05. I know there
>>are later versions, at least for Inmichess, but I want to know the relative
>>strength of all versions.
>>  When I've looked at the results, it's been a great suprise. 18-0 for
>>Tristram!!!!
>>  I couldn't beleive it, so I started to see the games and... Inmichess lost all
>>games on time, in won or at least favourable positions.
>>  This should be a bug in Inmichess, probably solved in later versions, but my
>>question is: should I compute the 18-0 for the rating?
>>  Inmichess has really lost the games, but it's not weaker than Tristram at all.
>>  What would you do? Compute or ignore them?
>>
>>  Thanks in advance.
>>
>>  José C.
>
>Hello Jose,
>I think in this case all you have proven is that something is broken.  If it's
>the program then forget it and get a fixed version.  If it's winboard then
>forget it anyway.  Results like this have no meaning except that something is
>probably wrong.  The important thing to do is find out what.
>Jim Walker

  I'll test Inmi 2.05 more times and, if it lose on time, I'll remove it from my
list.

  José C.



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