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Subject: Re: GM John v/d Wiel vs Rebel prediction statistic

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 15:53:16 12/02/00

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On December 02, 2000 at 16:15:21, Uri Blass wrote:

>On December 02, 2000 at 15:13:29, Howard Exner wrote:
>
>>What makes the prediction difficult is not so much guessing the final match
>>outcome but having to correctly predict each game result. So its possible to
>>get the final score but lose horribly in the individual game prediction. That is
>>why it is important to know who has the white pieces first.
>>
>>Are the odds of a correct guess 3 (+,-,=) to the power of 6 (# of games)?
>
>If you have 728 friends who are not interested in chess you can get  a correct
>guess by one of them for you in case that your prediction is wrong.

That's a cunning idea. We could agree beforehand to split the winnings
728 ways then go on a wild shopping spree!



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