Author: Joseph Merolle
Date: 20:37:50 06/16/04
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On June 16, 2004 at 20:30:56, David Dahlem wrote: >On June 16, 2004 at 18:59:55, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>On June 16, 2004 at 17:27:17, Andrei P wrote: >> >>>has anybody tried to astimate top engine ratings vs humans by discarding the >>>drawn games from the analysis and looking only at the decisive games? >> >> >>I don't understand the objective why one would want to do that. The way ELO >>ratings were defined by Dr. Elo, you would always factor drawn games in. His >>methodology does not allow for discarding drawn games. Therfore, ratings >>without drawn games would be without the same statistical significance as >>developed under his system. > >Didn't Fischer once propose a championship match system whereby only wins >counted, the first player to win a specified number of games declared the match >winner? This is not really responsive to the posters question, i just thought >i'd throw it in. :-) > >Regards >Dave You guys are missing it , he states a good point , all those drawn matches would have to finish with out a desisive winner , thuse fatige would set in and humans would go down! Just think all those bullshit Gary draws would me nothing while his fatige would set in. Computer goes in for the kill in a 20 point match! Regards Jamerolle JAMerolle
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