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Subject: Re: Anand FIDE World Champion: Anand-Shirov 3,5-0,5

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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