Author: Joseph Tadeusz
Date: 10:15:59 08/30/05
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On August 29, 2005 at 18:21:33, Peter Berger wrote: >Hmm, let's go back to the imagined 17/27 from Spike. We need more games? > >OK. Let's look at this result: > >Wins: 12 >Loss: 5 >Draws: 100000 > >Better? Worse? No, the same. No, it only means their styles are boring, but the winner is still likely to be better. Wins: 50012 Loss: 50005 Draws: 0 Wilder, but same result. Chess consists of a fixed number of games. Matches try to figure out what percentage would be won by either. The one with the higher percentage is per definition better. The draws are irrelevant. > >Peter
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