Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 16:07:51 07/19/02
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On July 19, 2002 at 18:58:45, Uri Blass wrote: >On July 19, 2002 at 18:50:11, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>On July 19, 2002 at 16:49:33, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On July 19, 2002 at 09:54:08, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>world championship. >>>> >>>>I suggest that the rules can say that the games are >>>>played under winboard(pondering off,animation off). >>>> >>>>Every 2 programs can play 100 or even more games between >>>>them so the total number of games of every program can be >>>>at least 5000. >>>> >>>>I believe that we may get significant results >>>>by that idea. >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>> >>> >>>Just one remark: the WCCC or WMCCC is not designed to show which program is the >>>best. >>> >>>It is designed to give the trophy at random amongst the most valuable >>>participants, with a little preference for those who can hire the fastest >>>available hardware. >>> >>>Where is the fun if the best wins? >>> >>>So what you suggest is exactly what is to be avoided for the WCCC or WMCCC. >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >>I'm afraid what you are saying is liable to be taken for sarcasm when it is not. >>People don't understand that WCs are for entertainment and not for determining >>who is the best. The results are seldom statistically significant in any type of >>event whether it is chess, soccer, boxing, tennis or whatever. People in general >>including the competitors themselves mistakenly think otherwise, but that's just >>human nature. > >I understand but I do not see what is the problem in adding one world >championship when you can expect statistically significant results. > >I know that we cannot expect statistically significant results >at slow time control but we can get them at fast time control. > >I know that the results do not tell us which program is the best >in 120/40 time control but it does not mean that the results >are not interesting. > >Uri You're making a trade. You want statistically more significant results instead of interesting entertaining games. A bad trade IMO. If you want to know which program is the strongest on the PC, just go to the SSDF site or look up the computer ratings on ICC.
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