Author: James T. Walker
Date: 06:33:50 10/11/04
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On October 11, 2004 at 05:43:24, GuyHaworth wrote: > >Please see http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?391002 > >... with the correction that the humans' TPRs are not to the 'SSDF ELO' scale >but arbitrary, as the engines' opening ELO of 2700 was arbitrary. > >The 8.5-3.5 result is more emphatic than I was expecting, and positive news for >the silicon fraternity - but not as significant in ELO terms as it appears. > >g No single event is "significant" in Elo terms if you are a pessimist and hoping for a result different from that which occured. The same is true if you are an optimist and hoping for a result which is different from what actually happened. It takes several insignificant events to become significant. Some people can already see the trend, others cannot. Jim
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