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Subject: Re: Chess is not like coin tossing

Author: Ulrich Tuerke

Date: 07:15:26 05/22/01

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On May 21, 2001 at 21:20:40, Dann Corbit wrote:

>...
>
>I don't think you can learn much of anything by looking at a single game.  I
>remain thoroughly unconvinced, despite the many experts who say otherwise.  And
>if you could learn something by looking at a single game, a trial of 500 games
>will likely bring out the same finding if it is correct.  And if not, the wrong
>guess is likely to be exposed.  Therefore, there is little to be learned from
>trying to make a judgement based upon a single observation.

I disagree. You can learn quite a lot from an interesting machine game.
You can learn about specific strengths and weaknesses of the players. In some
games I 've got very obvious hints how to improve.

However you can't reliably derive the playing strength in terms of ELO of
whatever kind. I guess, this was your point, Dann ?

Uli


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>IMO-YMMV.



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