Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 22:07:19 09/20/05
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>> >>What's the point? Lets turn the tables and say that the "Fredkin II Prize" is >>for producing two 2750+ results in a 12-round human round robin. Then I can say >> that Deep Thought/Blue never did this. > >the point is that if you play in enough tournaments, you will get one "good" >result for every "bad" result. This is a normal curve, and some finish on the >right side of the bell curve, some finish on the left. Play enough games and >the right and left average out to the mean... > >25 isn't enough, but it is _way_ better than using a single 8 or 10 or 12 round >tournament... > Yeah, but I said *two* 12-round tourneys. And I'm really not trying to cherry-pick the best results. Shredder has played in 4 of these events. Pick *any* two and you will get a tournament rating over 2650. Better yet, take all 4 for a performance rating over 2700. -Peter
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