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Subject: Re: Is this a Rebel/Tiger/Gandalf Boycott?

Author: Mike S.

Date: 03:09:37 06/22/02

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On June 22, 2002 at 04:36:07, Harald Faber wrote:

>On June 21, 2002 at 13:47:02, Frank Quisinsky wrote:
>(...)
>>A program which are playing with ~ 2.500 - 2.550 (if Fritz is playing with
>>2.650) have "normaly" a chance to win of ~ 20%. A good exemple are my 20
>>tournaments "Amateurs vs. Professionals". Goliath won 2 of 20 tournaments.
>
>Cool, eh? How many World Championships did they play? And how did they finish?

If it was Oct. 1997 (*before* the amateur Junior won the WM then), would you
have guessed that it had chances? Version 4.0 was 70 points below the top on
P90, in the SSDF list. It's easier to tell afterwards... :o)

In the participants list, I see the pros Quest, Shredder and Junior. I don't
assume that Brutus is among the favourites already (maybe). But *9* rounds swiss
will be played. Which means, ~2/3 of the amateur's points at least will come
from games against other amateurs, and the pros will have to fight each other
(and take points from each other) due to the swiss mode...

IMO Chances are *very high* that an amateur will win.

Regards,
Mike Scheidl



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