Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 08:01:08 06/14/02
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On June 14, 2002 at 10:28:24, stuart taylor wrote: >On June 14, 2002 at 07:42:21, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>I can only say once again that I have seen match results of 9-1 followed by 1-9 >>and that for this reason quite a large number of games are needed to say for >>sure that program A is stronger than program B. >>Kurt > >It is a bit interesting why it goes in blocks. >Maybe when Fisher beat Larsen and Taimanov 6-0 each, maybe Larsen too, that >didn't mean ANYTHING in the world either? >S.Taylor There is perhaps a big difference between human vs human and computer vs computer matches. A player of high top level will hardly ever lose 3 or 4 games over a match of 20 games against a player having 200-300 ELO less. Such things however often happen in computer matches. Kurt
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