Author: Amir Ban
Date: 00:44:08 05/02/01
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On May 01, 2001 at 19:32:55, stuart taylor wrote: >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? There were no prepared "anti Fritz" opening lines. Amir
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