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Subject: Re: I got again reminder, that 20 games is nothing!

Author: Torstein Hall

Date: 00:24:54 12/19/00

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On December 19, 2000 at 03:15:48, Jouni Uski wrote:

>I played Gandalf version "g" against Goliath Light to check if it plays better
>than "f" (f lost match against Goliath). After 20 games Gandalf was leading
>12,5 - 7,5 and I thought it much better. But second 20 games were lost by 7 -
>13, so total result Goliath - Gandalf 20,5 - 19,5.
>I wondering how can FIDE decide worldchampion after only 6 games?! Why are
>humans so different from computers in this respect?
>
>Jouni

That is one of the main thing the FIDE World cup has been critisised for. Most
of the matches are only two games, and in general you can call it the big yearly
GM chessplayers lottery. Of course if you are really good, your chanses improves
a lot.....

Torstein



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