Author: Pat King
Date: 07:32:03 03/18/99
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On March 18, 1999 at 09:21:01, Albert Silver wrote: >On March 18, 1999 at 05:30:33, Charles Unruh wrote: > >> If Kasparov beat GM Ashley 6 games in a row what would it say about his chess? >> If Yermo beat H7 6 times in a row what would it say about it's chess? >> H7 needs to play a 2500 GM. Why? Because we(most of us speculate the comps >>are around 2500-2550 no one(few) expect that progs are 2600+ > >If the program does indeed play at 2500 then it should hardly lose 6-0 but more >like 4-2. It's expected score may be 4-2, but a 6-0 loss would not be significant. Just as if I flip a coin 6 times, and get heads 4 or 5 times instead of 3 times, I cannot draw a conclusion about the "fairness" of the coin. The sample size is just too small. A more even match with an expected outcome of 3-3 MIGHT let one say something definitive in the event of a 6-0 rout.
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