Author: Helmut Conrady
Date: 11:50:19 12/24/00
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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. Right!! > >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. Absolutely correct, Christophe. The FIDE-mode to get the Champion is a joke. I remember the old matches Kasparov-Karpov a.s.o. The current mode has nothing to do with chess. Helmut
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