Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:55:41 12/24/00
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On December 24, 2000 at 13:29:58, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>On December 24, 2000 at 13:11:49, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On December 24, 2000 at 09:09:27, Jeroen Noomen wrote:
>>
>>>My congratulations to Vishy Anand, for winning the
>>>FIDE World Championship 2000!
>>>
>>>3,5-0,5 in the final against Shirov, that leaves no
>>>discussion whatsoever. Anand was the best, remained
>>>unbeaten and scored a clear victory in the final.
>>>Well done!
>>>
>>>Jeroen
>>
>>
>>I am still absolutely amazed that a World Championship can be decided this way.
>>
>>A score of 3.5-0.5 is not statistically significant, not even with a low
>>confidence.
>>
>>It is now clear, at least amongst the experienced computers chess operators,
>>that such a result means NOTHING.
>
>NONSENCE, if Shirov would have been the winner you would have made all types of
>nice comments and congratulations.
You misunderstand me. I don't care who the winner is. I'm not really involved in
human chess, so believe me, I really don't care.
I know who Anand is, a little bit, but I don't know who Shirov is. So you see...
It is a comment about the relevance of human results. Just that.
Christophe
> You are forgetting that Anand has been one of
>the top contender for the World Title for the longest and deserve to be the FIDE
>Champion better than anybody else. Once a system for the Championship is chosen,
>and all the participants agree to play under that system, there should not be
>any excuses. IF FIDE decides to change how the next World Championship
>Title should be disputed; I will still favor Anand to coninue being the FIDE
>Champion for the next 5 years.
>
>Pichard.
>
>>
>>I think that the computer chess community is on some topics much more advanced
>>than the human chess community. For example the human chess community has
>>adopted the ELO rating system, but still ignores most of the basic rules of this
>>system (margin of error, level of confidence). The computer chess community is
>>aware of these rules, and you can find these parameters published in the SSDF
>>rating list for example.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
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