Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 03:06:40 11/05/97
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On November 05, 1997 at 05:50:17, Bas Hamstra wrote: >Is a computerchess tournament a lottery? > >I have 2 questions: > >1) With the number of rounds at the WMCC, what was the actual probablity >that the best chess program would win the tournament? Actual probabilty = alpha^gamma/boltzmann constant*(hyatt/6 ..... continued page 94 > >2) Can someone post a table that gives the correlation between the >number of rounds to play and the probability that the best chess program >wins the tournament? You're serious ? :) > >I think a reasonable confidence level would increase tournament status. >Any opinions? A good tournament should lead to a FAIR chance that the >best program wins, say a chance > 80%. > > >BTW: By "best program" I mean the program that would win at an infinite >number of games. Great definition, the result that can never be known :) But how boring can you get ? Why the ghastly quantification of total game results. And who gives a shit anyway ? Why not which programs play nice games, which programs play interesting moves ? Which programs can win some games ? Most of the 'top' programs play nice chess. Some have reasonably useable user interfaces. Some have cool features. Some play boring style games, some play exciting style games. Come on hamster, you're no materialist, you can post amusing stuff. What's with the materialism ? Chris
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