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Subject: Re: Strange F7 vs. DF7 results

Author: Jouni Uski

Date: 02:39:23 10/24/02

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On October 24, 2002 at 04:28:52, Steffen Jakob wrote:

>On October 23, 2002 at 21:10:07, John Rice wrote:
>
>>Ran a quick (10 games) engine vs engine match between F7 and DF7 with the
>>following configuration:
>>
>>Time: 6/6
>>Hash: 64M each
>>Book: DF7 for both
>>Ponder: off
>>CPU: XP 2400+
>>
>>With the exception of 2 draws, black won every game (final score, DF7 wins
>>W5-L3-D2)!? I know this is statistically possible, but doesn't it seem fairly
>>unlikely? Not one win for white, strange.
>
>I just made an experiment and threw a 2 Euro coin 8 times. Bertha v. Suttner
>lost badly by 2-6 against the side with the "2". At the beginning it seemed as
>if this debacle would become even worse because "2" lead by 4-0 before Bertha
>made her first win. Nevertheless I was very dissapointed by Bertha's
>performance.
>
>Greetings,
>Steffen.
>
>P.S.: Here are pictures of the players:
>
>http://www.euro.gv.at/images/ansichten/k2euro.jpg
>http://www.euro.gv.at/images/ansichten/k2euro_oe.jpg

2 Euro in my hand now is different from backside! Can it effect throwing and
make wrong results may be :-)

Jouni



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