Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:39:31 02/18/03
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On February 18, 2003 at 16:27:00, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >On February 18, 2003 at 13:41:22, Uri Blass wrote: > > >>Choosing the best out of 2 weaker player can lead to better result than the best >>player. > > >That is a way to state it positively! Nice positive thinking, Uri. >I would state: > >if you ask two weak players and one strong player to come up with their best >move in a certain position, in more than nine out of ten times the best move out >of the two the weak players will come up with will be weaker that the move the >stronger player will come up with. > >Quantity doesn't necessarily outperform quality. In most cases quality >outperformes quantity, certainly in chess. I think that it dependent on the players. I agree that if the difference in strength is big the weaker will remain weaker but if the difference in strength is small then things may be different. It is not obvious. If there are 2 2000 players when one is weak in the opening and the second is weak in the endgames then if you let the second to play the opening and the first to play the endgames you may get an 2100 player who is stronger than 2050 player. I believe that a team Movei-Bestia when Bestia plays only the endgame may be better than every one of the engines. Movei often have problems in the endgame so I suspect that even if you divide the time of Movei and Bestia by 2 the team may be stronger than everyone of the engines. Note that I am not sure in the last point. Uri
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