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Subject: Re: best and worst openings for both sides

Author: James T. Walker

Date: 18:10:20 01/30/02

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On January 29, 2002 at 23:52:22, Dann Corbit wrote:

>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.

Obviously not!  I got it from your first sentence: "They are based on very few
measurement points."


>> How many games were played?
>
>Good question.

It's a good question because you are making your supposition on zero
informantion.


>>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}?

What numbers???  I ask again, where did you get your info (read numbers)??  How
can the numbers be "absurdly tiny"  when you don't even know what they are?


>>By the way , Get A Life!
>
>I'll give it a try.  Thanks for the excellent suggestion.

You're welcome.



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