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Subject: Re: It takes math to show truth, matter how strongly you feel about it.

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:50:15 01/28/00

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On January 28, 2000 at 16:40:31, Ed Schröder wrote:
[snip]
>>It's coincidence, then.
>>
>>The method does not work.
>
>It's really simple. Play 100 blitz games with Winboard, the Rebel build-in
>autoplayer or the one of Fritz between 2 equal engines.
>
>Match-1 (100 games) 60-40
>Match-2 (100 games) 40-60
>Match-3 (100 games) 55-45
>
>All very normal.
>
>From my experience I say play at least 200. To be absolutely sure 300. This
>is the main important valuable argument of the SSDF, the high number of games.

With a large number of games (300+) you will get very good results.
What I object to is if someone runs ten games, gets a 7-3 split, and pronounces
the first program king and master over the second.  It's a lunatic thing to do,
and yet it happens all the time.

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