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

Author: Bertil Eklund

Date: 16:16:44 01/28/00

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On January 28, 2000 at 16:40:31, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On January 28, 2000 at 15:26:22, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On January 28, 2000 at 15:20:32, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>[snip]
>>>In my ChessMachine days I did this experiment too but then with real 40/2h
>>>games between 2 identical engines. I can only confirm the results of your
>>>statistic program.
>>
>>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.
>
>Ed

Hi!

The biggest "anomali" I remember was Gandalf3 (200MMX)-Rebel9 (P90)
Rebel took the lead 7-0 (!) but after 15 games the result was 7,5-7,5 (no
learning isssue) and Mcp3.5(486)-Genius2 (or3?)(P90) 8-5 and  end-result
8,5-11,5 all this 2h/40.

Bertil



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