Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:15:59 08/15/00
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On August 15, 2000 at 13:44:54, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On August 15, 2000 at 13:25:53, James T. Walker wrote: > >>Hello Mogens, >>I think in any contest of less than 100 games LUCK will be a big factor. >>I've seen too many comp/comp contest where in a short match you get very >>unexpected results. It will be very interesting but will not necessarily have >>the best program win. >>Jim > >Hey Jim, > >Exactly my point. The Swiss system is good for human contests, because the >players normally perform regularly throughout the tournament. And as you say, >I've seen enough comp-comp games to agree, the possibility of unexpected results >is quite big. It's interesting who's going to win in the end, but by no means >undisputed glory. > >Best wishes... >Mogens The possibility of unexpected results in human-human tournaments is also big. There are many cases when a player performs 100-200 elo above or below his(her) real strength. Uri
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