Author: Will Singleton
Date: 15:52:16 10/06/04
Go up one level in this thread
On October 06, 2004 at 17:52:38, Peter Berger wrote: >On October 06, 2004 at 17:26:27, Will Singleton wrote: > >>As you know, 7 games doesn't mean much. Arasan might win 4 of the next 7. >> >>Will > >If my maths is not too rusty, this result confirms with close to 98% certainty >with binominal contribution (only slight error with such low draw percentage) >that given this setup Junior is the stronger competitor, no? > >I did quite a lot of this kind of matches by now . The Arasan result was indeed >very surprising - maybe really bad luck, who knows.. . I'll try Amateur next >with same setup ( and yes, this was *really* planned previously already, which >falls well into the 2% left :) ) > >Peter I should have kept my mouth shut. :) Anyway, I see too many instances where one player gets a run of several wins in a row, followed by the opposite result, to have faith in short series. Just the other day Leo reported that Amateur was beaten by Naum 4-0, but my 12 game series showed Amateur up 7.5-4.5, similar conditions. Do you have v2.80?
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.