Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 20:52:22 01/29/02
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On January 29, 2002 at 22:10:03, James T. Walker wrote:
>On January 28, 2002 at 16:13:39, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>On January 28, 2002 at 16:07:32, James T. Walker wrote:
>>>On January 28, 2002 at 15:27:35, K. Burcham wrote:
>>>>scroll down the page for statistics on best and worst.
>>>>kburcham
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adam.bozon/stats.htm
>>>
>>>Very interesting. Statistics to live by!
>>
>>They are based on very few measurement points. Suppose (for instance) that
>>someone was successful against Kasparov with opening 'X' and then ten others
>>tried it without success. We now see a 1:9 won/loss for that opening in that
>>set of measurements.
>>
>>Tragic to see the orangutan as #5 in the bad list.
>
>
>Where did you get your information from?
You mean in the "suppose" sentence? That was hypothetical.
> How many games were played?
Good question.
>It says "most" GM gamse since 1991. That does not sound like a very few measurements to me.
And yet the numbers shown are absurdly tiny. What can it all mean [therefore]
{he asked rhetorically}?
>By the way , Get A Life!
I'll give it a try. Thanks for the excellent suggestion.
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