Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 14:19:12 08/15/00
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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 HEY! I don't even perform normally through one game, let alone one tournament. Actually, Swiss system events have the same shortcomings for human events as well as computers. Its just as random. JW
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