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Subject: Re: (off topic) Is my math right?

Author: Rémi Coulom

Date: 14:32:38 08/08/03

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On August 08, 2003 at 12:27:34, Erik Bergren wrote:

>I have been using the statistical
>equation that I used to answer the following post
>to determine if the frequency of wins vs. losses
>in an openning book is "convincing", Is my equation
>correct?
>

Your equation looks OK. You might like to take a look at:
http://remi.coulom.free.fr/WhoIsBest.zip
which contains some explainations of similar maths, and a short program to
evaluate probabilities. In case the difference in strength is big, a short match
may be enough. If the difference is small, 600-700 games may be necessary.

Rémi



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