Author: Tony Werten
Date: 23:49:33 08/15/00
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On August 15, 2000 at 14:34:14, Torstein Hall wrote: >On August 15, 2000 at 14:15:59, Uri Blass wrote: > >>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 > >Who said that luck is not a big factor in human chess as well as computer chess? >Torstein Being lucky always helps, so does not being unlucky. Tony
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