Author: stuart taylor
Date: 16:32:55 05/01/01
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On May 01, 2001 at 17:23:37, Dann Corbit wrote: >On May 01, 2001 at 17:17:28, William H Rogers wrote: > >>One of the main things that I noticed about the games is that "white" really >>seems to have the advantage. Considering both programs were almost equal in >>playing strength. Notice the word "almost" as I do not take away from either >>program as both are supurb examples of chess programs. I did not calculate the >>difference between black/white or wins/loses but there seems to be a decided >>difference in advantage which has never really shown up quite like it did in >>these games. > >With a single set of measurements, it is not the least bit surprising. It takes >millions of games for the averages to work out properly. For any single match, >you have an expectancy in terms of probability, but it may not be realized. > >Just get some pennies and get twenty of your friends. Have each friend flip >their pennies twenty times and record what happens. There will be some funny >sequences recorded. No! cut out the first 5 games and you see DF trouncing DJ. And the first 5 games were good for DJ because of specially prepared openings which were anti Fritz, until Fritz "learned" to avoid them. Wasn't that the case?
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