Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 03:57:37 11/25/03
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On November 25, 2003 at 06:16:39, Daniel Clausen wrote: >On November 25, 2003 at 05:58:04, Graham Laight wrote: > >>32 games have been played - and only 3 of them have ended in draws. >> >>As the standard of chess improves, one would expect the proportion of draws to >>rise - but we're not seeing this here. >> >>Best guess - there is a wide spread of playing ability between the 16 different >>computers at this competition. >> >>Here's a graph of the proportion of draws between human players of close elo >>ratings: http://math.bu.edu/people/mg/ratings/Draws.jpg >> >>-g > >I'd be interested to know whether the graph for comp-comp games looks similar. >Maybe Dann Corbit can formulate a cool SQL-statement and provide a graph. :) > >Sargon As the match progresses there will be more draws, since programs will be matched with other programs closer to their rating. Jorge
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