Author: Frank Quisinsky
Date: 15:03:50 08/23/01
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On August 23, 2001 at 08:01:56, Jeff Lischer wrote: >On August 23, 2001 at 05:59:28, Andreas Herrmann wrote: > >>On August 23, 2001 at 00:20:20, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On August 22, 2001 at 21:35:14, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >>> >>>>Hi there, >>>> >>>>my emperiment "Amateurs vs. Professionals" is now over (the right time, WM is >>>>running ... good timing :-)) ). >>>> >>>>You can find all "AP" results in a table in my News Ticker. >>>>You can find all 1.440 games in CBH and PGN and a rating list (all engines are >>>>playing 180 games). >>>> >>>>I have a lot of fun with the AP tournaments, maybe I more fun if Gandalf won >>>>more tourneys :-)) >>>> >>>>Amateurs vs. Professionals: >>>>http://www.amateurschach.de/schach/cbase/experiment.htm >>>> >>>>All results available in my News Ticker: >>>>http://www.amateurschach.de/news.htm >>>> >>>>... >>>> >>>>Have now a nice latest WM day. >>>> >>>>Best >>>>Frank >>> >>>The result prove that the professionals are clearly better than the amatuers. >>>The best amatuer Goliath Light got less points than the worse proffesional >>>Nimzo8. >>> >>>It seems that in a tournament of 180 games the amatuers have no practical chance >>>to win. >>> >>>Uri >> >>Yes in 180 game tournaments (the statistical error is very low), but in a 9 game >>tournament like the WMCCC 2001 there is nearby all possible. In Frank's test, >>the amateurs wins 3 of 20 tournaments. In his tournaments Fritz is the strongest >>engine, but it wins only 4 or 5 times. >> >>Andreas > >Also, Tiger was the 2nd strongest engine, but finished tied for 14th-15th in one >tournament -- a tournament won by the 11th strongest SOS. Frank's experiment >really highlights how *anything* can happen in short tournaments like WMCCC. >Thanks for the great job Frank! Hi, thanks for your comment ... More games and tourneys are better but I think 20 are enough. Best Frank
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