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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