Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:09:10 03/22/00
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On March 21, 2000 at 13:19:56, Tony Hedlund wrote:
>On March 21, 2000 at 04:29:15, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>>>I was assuming 1/3 wins, 1/3 draws, 1/3 losses.
>>>
>>>If this is the case then the error margin is sqrt(2/3*10)<2.6 points
>>>
>>>2.6/40=6.5% but this assumption is not logical because it does not consider the
>>>fact that white has better chances.
>>
>>
>>I am also wondering if it is the case in comp-comp games.
>>
>>A study of SSDF databases about winning percentages of black and white and draw
>>rate would be very interesting.
>
>White 39%
>Draw 31% 55-45
>Black 30%
>
>Tony
Thanks a lot Tony!
It looks like Uri's hypothesis was the right one.
Christophe
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