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Subject: Re: Based on tournament results - No!

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 23:50:38 11/12/00

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On November 10, 2000 at 10:37:46, Robert Hyatt wrote:


>>Again: Shredder5 = London = *1* tournament.
>>Tiger played *2* tourneys.
>
>
>Again, over the last 4 years, shredder {x} won three of the four tournaments,
>and finished right at the top in the other one.  That is pretty convincing.
>Shredder 3 thumped everyone during its "time".  Shredder 4 did the same thing
>last year.  We don't have shredder 5, but past history is usually a pretty
>good indicator.  *It doesn't take much to extrapolate that it may well be the
>best again _this_ year.  in 7 months or so there will be another WMCCC event.
>We get one more data point.

You say: *It doesn't take much to extrapolate that it

M A Y

well be the
best again _this_ year.*


Finally you got it.
Concluding from former results BTW M A Y be incorrect, and besides it is not
given that Shredder3+4 were ahead of the competitors. Strong, yes, but nothing
more. There always has been a bunch of equal strong programs without an
outstanding program.




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