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Subject: Re: HandiCapping The WCCM2000

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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