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Subject: Re: Is rebel sliding downhill?

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 22:20:19 01/17/00

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On January 17, 2000 at 16:46:52, Rajen Gupta wrote:

>I remember when i 1st started reading the web comp chess reports-rebel8 was the
>new champ-by a huge margin.since then there is no convincing evidence that later
>versions of rebel are stronger than rebel8. perhaps someone who does extensive
>testing like Mark Young or enrique can tell us (on the basis of actual tests and
>comp vs comp games please, not merely on subjective impressions)the following:
>
>which is the strongest version of rebel
>
>is rebel getting progressively weaker with each version or is this merely
>because other programmes are getting disproportionately stronger?
>
>if rebel is actually getting weaker then what is the purpose of releasing new
>versions?
>
>rajen

What is your evidence that "there is no convincing evidence that later
versions of rebel are stronger than rebel8" ?



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