Author: Uri Blass
Date: 21:42:34 12/15/03
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On December 15, 2003 at 20:54:53, Peter Berger wrote: >On December 15, 2003 at 20:44:07, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On December 15, 2003 at 20:38:01, Peter Berger wrote: >> >>>On December 15, 2003 at 20:31:29, Slater Wold wrote: >>> >>>>Did you think you'd be playing this many games?! ;) >>> >>>Yes, I did. Before the match I thought of Baguio 1978 and estimated 32 games for >>>the whole match to be on the safe side. I now think the match will go faster and >>>probably be finished before Christmas though. >> >>Honestly, I never imagined Junior would win many games, MAYBE 1, 2 if the books >>were uneven. But 3...I never would have guessed. >> >>Junior is *excellent* at drawing. I thought it would end +1 -6 =14 or something >>around there. >> >>Just goes to further prove, it's not the size of your worm, it's the way you >>wiggle it. :D > >I have to admit, I thought the same. I expected Crafty to get a clear win, >although I also expected lots of draws. > >Watching all the games so far real time changed my mind. For me Junior is the >favourite by now and I would put my money on it if I had any to waste on risky >bets ;). Book so far has been more of an advantage for Crafty btw. And when I >forget about the few boring draws, watching the games has been huge fun. > >Peter I predicted that if you do not count draws it is going to be 6-3 or 6-4 for crafty and I still predict that it is going to be the case. book is also not about objective value of the positions and it is better to get inferior position that the program knows to play and not superior position that the program does not know to play. Uri
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