Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 15:16:58 06/12/02
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On June 12, 2002 at 12:36:09, Dieter Buerssner wrote: >On June 11, 2002 at 07:37:52, Peter McKenzie wrote: > >>Ask yourself this question: >> >>"If I ran this very same match 100 times, but with Crafty 18.15 vs Crafty 18.15, >>then how many times would I see this score (22.5 - 13.5)?" >> >>What answer do you come up with? > >I am not Jorge, but I got an answer: > >E:\dcrand>cmatch 36 35 25 40 1000000 >Result of chess matches between equal opponents >White wins 35.0%, black 25.0% and 40.0% draws >A match of 36 games was simulated by 1000000 Monte Carlo tries > > result probability <= this > this > 18.0 - 18.0 ( 50.0%): 8.582% 8.582% 91.418% > 18.5 - 17.5 ( 51.4%): 16.799% 25.381% 74.619% > 19.0 - 17.0 ( 52.8%): 15.748% 41.129% 58.871% > 19.5 - 16.5 ( 54.2%): 14.058% 55.187% 44.813% > 20.0 - 16.0 ( 55.6%): 11.950% 67.136% 32.864% > 20.5 - 15.5 ( 56.9%): 9.670% 76.807% 23.193% > 21.0 - 15.0 ( 58.3%): 7.436% 84.243% 15.757% > 21.5 - 14.5 ( 59.7%): 5.508% 89.751% 10.249% > 22.0 - 14.0 ( 61.1%): 3.878% 93.629% 6.371% > 22.5 - 13.5 ( 62.5%): 2.555% 96.184% 3.816% > 23.0 - 13.0 ( 63.9%): 1.646% 97.830% 2.170% > 23.5 - 12.5 ( 65.3%): 0.992% 98.822% 1.178% > 24.0 - 12.0 ( 66.7%): 0.557% 99.379% 0.621% > 24.5 - 11.5 ( 68.1%): 0.309% 99.688% 0.312% > 25.0 - 11.0 ( 69.4%): 0.164% 99.852% 0.148% > 25.5 - 10.5 ( 70.8%): 0.084% 99.936% 0.064% > 26.0 - 10.0 ( 72.2%): 0.036% 99.972% 0.029% > 26.5 - 9.5 ( 73.6%): 0.018% 99.990% 0.010% > 27.0 - 9.0 ( 75.0%): 0.007% 99.997% 0.003% > 27.5 - 8.5 ( 76.4%): 0.002% 99.999% 0.001% > 28.0 - 8.0 ( 77.8%): 0.001% 100.000% 0.000% > 28.5 - 7.5 ( 79.2%): 0.000% 100.000% 0.000% > >So, assuming that on average white will win 35% of the games, black will win 25% >of the games, and 40% of the games are draw, one can expect in 6.4% of such 36 >game matches a result of 22.5 - 13.5 and more extreme. Very nice Dieter. I think Jorge thought such a result was impossible with equal opponents :-)
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