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Subject: Re: The Rise and Fall of SSDF

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 23:26:05 09/23/99

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On September 23, 1999 at 17:04:32, will smtih wrote:
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>  So basically you are saying that the SSdf list is inflated? What is your
>estimation of the extent of the inflation, and could you give the reasons why
>you believe so, based on your own personal testing? Do your master friends for
>instance beat Fritz5 repeateadly to make you believe it is not really 2500?
The programs have these ratings relative to each other and under the conditions
of the test.  Against humans, we have very little idea because we have very
little data.

For the stated conditions the ratings are accurate and mathematically sound.

If you change the mode of play, or change the opponent pool, all bets are off.



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