Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:46:54 01/11/01
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On January 11, 2001 at 15:41:31, Drazen Marovic wrote: >On January 11, 2001 at 13:39:03, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On January 11, 2001 at 11:43:10, Drazen Marovic wrote: >> >>> The sad thing is, if rebel had lost by a measly half point countless here >>>would still try to deny comps gm strength. >> >>There is not enough evidence to confirm or deny the assertion either way. >> >>The 1/2 point swing in the other direction (for the comp) is no different. But >>in any case, there are certainly not enough games to make a logical statement. >>Only an emotional one. > >False. I have something you don't. The experience of grandmaster play. A life >time of the study of the game. Non GM's do not beat experienced GM's in 6 game >matches Especially by what should have been by 2 full points, if not for the >graciousness of Schroeder in giving the last round draw. Sure it could have >been luck, an amazing flip of the coin. If you believe in that unlikelyhood. >There's nothing to talk about I'm afraid that you simply have a poor grasp of mathematics. And weaker players do beat stronger players by preparation. I'll leave it as an excercise for you to find examples. Consider one extremely well known example of that sort of thing: Alexander Khalifman -- Fide Champion by winning a knockout tournament. Was he really the strongest chess player in the world? To say that x is stronger than y is a hypothesis. This is (not surprisingly) a testable hypothesis by the rules of science. In fact, we can mathematically describe the uncertainty in very, very precise terms. I think that there is plenty to talk about. People feel that computers are GM's and quite likely they are of GM strength. However, this 'feeling' does not have enough mathematical evidence to give it credence. It also could be true that computers are BETTER than GM's. Such an assertion is also not proven.
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