Author: James B. Shearer
Date: 13:54:47 01/31/99
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On January 31, 1999 at 13:03:18, KarinsDad wrote:
>On January 30, 1999 at 01:53:19, James B. Shearer wrote:
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>> Even Kasparov has bad games. Have you looked at the game he just lost (as
>>black in 28 moves) in the Wijk tournament? White's first 24 moves were book.
>>White's next 4 moves were good but nothing a 1800 player couldn't find on a good
>>day.
>
>Everybody has bad games. No doubt about it. And 1800 players do find 2800 level
>moves. The problem is that 1800 players do not find 2800 level moves throughout
>the entire game.
Except in this case the "entire game" contained just 4 nonbook moves the
last 2 of which were pretty easy.
What do you think are reasonable scoring (ie counting wins and draws)
expectations for large rating differences. You may be right that the model
values are far too high but I am not entirely convinced.
James B. Shearer
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