Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:48:33 11/22/03
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On November 22, 2003 at 03:52:25, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On November 22, 2003 at 00:55:50, Slater Wold wrote: > >>If the 233mhz doesn't die first, here's my prediction: >> >>You play MORE than 12 games. Crafty wins, but with so many draws, >it'll "cancel" any *real* proof the match might have given. > >Nonsense. If he plays on till the score DIFFERENCE is 6 points, >it's staticstically a very valid result (somewhere >90 or >95% >certainty). The point is that if Crafty wins 6 games after playing 6 games, you get _one_ rating. If it wins 6 games out of 1000 games, you get a totally different rating that doesn't prove much about the +6 game edge... > >This holds pretty much regardless of the actual amount of games >that is played. Someone with more time can calculate the exact >values but I'm pretty sure the above holds. > >-- >GCP
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