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Subject: Re: Round 2 Predictions

Author: James Robertson

Date: 15:45:04 06/14/99

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On June 14, 1999 at 18:37:29, walter irvin wrote:

>On June 14, 1999 at 18:23:35, James Robertson wrote:
>
>>On June 14, 1999 at 18:19:37, Will Singleton wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Just to stick my neck out, I thought I'd make some predictions for Round 2.  The
>>>first round showed a couple surprises, but I guess that's no surprise.  SOS and
>>>LambChop had upset wins, and I had expected Mini to beat Now.
>>>
>>>So, relying on the pairings posted by Jose, here's round 2:
>>>
>>> 1. Fritz-Shredder 1/2-1/2
>>> 2. DarkThought-Junior 0-1
>>> 3. Rebel-LambChop 1-0 (though I expect a good fight!)
>>> 4. MChess-Hiarcs 0-1 (I'm a patriot, but...)
>>> 5. SOS-CilkChess 0-1
>>> 6. Ferret-GromitChess 1-0 (sorry, Frank, but let's be real)
>>> 7. Nimzo-Mini 1-0
>>> 8. Now-Zugzwang 0-1
>>> 9. IsiChess-Ikarus 0-1
>>>10. ChessTiger-VCX 1-0 (a bold prediction :))
>>>11. P.Conners-Diep 1-0 (i hope i'm wrong, vincent)
>>>12. RuyLopez-Francesca 1/2-1/2
>>>13. Patzer-Centaur 1-0
>>>14. Eugen-XXXX2 1/2-1/2
>>>15. Neurologic-Arthur 0-1 (so I'm controversial)
>>>
>>>Comments?
>>>
>>>Will
>>
>>I think this will be pretty accurate, if you count a 1-0 to mean that White has
>>about a 75% chance to win, a 0-1 to mean black has a 75% chance to win, and a
>>1/2-1/2 means that either has an equal chance to win.
>>
>>James
>
>the tuff game is m-chess hiarcs,that should be a war!!!

It will be exciting, (probalby the most so of the entire round) but unless
MChess has something up it's sleeve, I think it will have serious trouble.

James



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