Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:08:17 11/16/02
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On November 16, 2002 at 14:03:15, Lex Loep wrote: >On November 16, 2002 at 13:33:01, Tony Werten wrote: > >>On November 16, 2002 at 12:46:00, Lex Loep wrote: >> >>>On November 16, 2002 at 05:58:07, Ulrich Tuerke wrote: >>> >>>>On November 16, 2002 at 02:41:51, Lex Loep wrote: >>>> >>>>>On November 16, 2002 at 00:13:10, Peter Skinner wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On November 15, 2002 at 19:13:51, Volker Richey wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>more informations at >>>>>>> >>>>>>>http://www.vrichey.de/cct5 >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Volker >>>>>> >>>>>>No authorized operator? >>>>>> >>>>>>The interface kibitzes.. >>>>> >>>>>Looking at the list of participants I see there is no competition >>>>>for tiger. So what's the point in participating ? >>>> >>>>Well, have a look at Leiden 2002; ct had lost against points against the >>>>winboarders and had to rank below 2 of these. >>> >>>What do you mean ? This is what I remember >>>http://lokasoft.nl/uk/chess_tiger_15_in_dutch_open.htm >>> >>>Lex >> >>Maybe you can also remember the game you saw ? Tiger was very lucky against >>XiniX. It was at most a draw for Tiger, maybe not even that. Tiger was very >>lucky against Baron as well. >> >>Just looking at the endtable and saying "Tiger had no competition since it won" >>is not very realistic. > >My observation is not only based on the endtable of the dutch open. CT15 >went through a very long beta period in which thousands of games where >played with CT15 coming on top. Or look at the SSDF list, the strongest >amateur program is at place 21. For me this means there is still a large >gap. > >Lex The fact that there is a large gap does not mean that there is no competition. More than 90% against the oppoents can be considered as a very good result for tiger. Tiger also cannot be sure of winning and in one tournament everything can happen. Being the favourite does not mean that there is no competition. Uri
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