Author: Georg v. Zimmermann
Date: 03:39:19 09/28/99
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>Suppose 2 programs evaluates the position in a game as better for white and >suddenly black finds a winning tactical line and black did not plan it because >you can see by the main line of black that black expected the move of white and >only in the last iteration found the winning move. > >You can learn that black was lucky. the trick is to do so many games that those lucky wins/loss even out. > >I do not agree with thorsten that you can decide by few games which program is >better unless there is a big difference(Extreme example:If you see that one >program do the worst move instead of the best move because of a bug then you can >really learn it by watching one game) Right, I havn't even reached 2300elo yet, how should I judge a prgram that plays 2500 strength ? I can say that "This program is somewhere around 2300-2500" or "I like the style of the program" or "I think it does well with opposite castled kings" but I can't give its elo strength within +-30 points.
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