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Subject: Re: "It defeats 99% of players...."

Author: Bigler

Date: 15:26:12 10/13/05

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On October 13, 2005 at 18:16:06, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>Have any of you ever found an ad of a program or chess computer that promise
>less than that magic number, 99%? Have you ever found one saying it defeats only
>97.5% of all players?
>Besides, as this happens since the 80', I would expect some ads saying by now
>"it defeats 99,99% of all players".
>I would expect the recognition of some progress.
>No, always 99%.
>Never a program promising to defeat just the guy that serves the coffee in the
>chess club, but also never a better program defeating almost everyone on Earth.
>No.
>Just 99%
>
>
>99% Regards
>fernando

This is normal :

You have 100 players.

You can win against 99 or 100 players.
But you can not win against a .x player as it doesnt exists.

Best regards :-D



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