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Subject: Re: SSDF Deep Fritz - Junior 6: 1- 0 Now: 7,5 - 13,5

Author: Peter Kasinski

Date: 08:17:15 01/06/01

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On January 06, 2001 at 11:02:07, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 06, 2001 at 10:30:58, Peter Kasinski wrote:
>
>>On January 06, 2001 at 10:07:16, Hans Christian Lykke wrote:
>>
>>>On January 06, 2001 at 08:46:57, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>>>
>>>>You should let that match continue up to 50 games, instead of 40 games.
>>>>
>>>>Pichard.
>>>
>>>Why?
>>
>>I guess to increase the chance that Fritz will be ahead by then, which as we
>>know (given a long enough series of games) is a mathematical certainty at some
>>point in _any match_.
>>
>>:-)
>
>I do not know that it is a mathematical certainty.
>
>Even if program A has better rating than b it does not prove that A is better
>than B in a match so it is possible that Deep Fritz will never lead the match
>when the number of games is not important.
>
>Uri


A program can lead the match at some point _without_ being necessarily better
than the opponent. That's actually the point.

PK






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