Author: Torstein Hall
Date: 11:34:14 08/15/00
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On August 15, 2000 at 14:15:59, Uri Blass wrote: >On August 15, 2000 at 13:44:54, Mogens Larsen wrote: > >>On August 15, 2000 at 13:25:53, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>Hello Mogens, >>>I think in any contest of less than 100 games LUCK will be a big factor. >>>I've seen too many comp/comp contest where in a short match you get very >>>unexpected results. It will be very interesting but will not necessarily have >>>the best program win. >>>Jim >> >>Hey Jim, >> >>Exactly my point. The Swiss system is good for human contests, because the >>players normally perform regularly throughout the tournament. And as you say, >>I've seen enough comp-comp games to agree, the possibility of unexpected results >>is quite big. It's interesting who's going to win in the end, but by no means >>undisputed glory. >> >>Best wishes... >>Mogens > >The possibility of unexpected results in human-human tournaments is also big. > >There are many cases when a player performs 100-200 elo above or below his(her) >real strength. > >Uri Who said that luck is not a big factor in human chess as well as computer chess? Torstein
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