Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 06:40:46 02/07/00
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On February 07, 2000 at 06:47:10, Shep wrote: >On February 07, 2000 at 03:56:55, James Robertson wrote: > > >>>These kind of ratings are nonsense - and obviously Fritz and Nimzo are tuned >>>just for BS2830 test. >>> >>>Jouni >> >>He didn't ask if they are nonsense... he just asked for LG's rating. :)) >> >>I wonder if Fritz and Nimzo really are tuned for that test? Just because they do >>well is not very good evidence. ;) > >I don't think Nimzo is tuned for BS2830. It just does extremely well on most >test suites, as well as finding many of the "!" and "!!" moves in my database. >Fritz _may_ be tuned for it (on the old P6-233 last year, it was *clearly* >better than anyone else, scoring 19/27 whereas the best competition had like >11/27), I'm not sure... > >--- >Shep Hello Shep, I am almost positive that neither of the two were tuned for _any_ particular test. Both Morsch and Donninger, just like Christian Theron (cf. his testimony here, on ICC) and other top programmers, believe in the overall playing strength of their programs, and do not care much about how well it does on a test. Naturally, tests do serve as indicators, but indicators only. *** Djordje
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