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Subject: Re: The data isn't really very skewed

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:41:45 03/11/99

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On March 10, 1999 at 17:16:39, James B. Shearer wrote:

>On March 02, 1999 at 15:39:34, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>
>>On March 02, 1999 at 12:09:51, KarinsDad wrote:
>>
>>>On March 02, 1999 at 01:05:48, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>>
>>>>I don't know what this does to what you say in your post, but the top 6 humans
>>>>on ICC have (combined) played a total of 11 blitz games against my program.
>>>>These guys are rated 2950 and up.
>>>
>>>What are the results of those 11 games?
>>
>>They got 2.5 points.
>>
>>The games were all 5 3,  5 2, or 4 4, with one 3 3.  The players were GM Dlugy,
>>"GMAlex", and IM Banikas Hristos.  Dlugy got 2.5 out of 7 games, 5 of which were
>>with white.  The other three in the top six, all GM's, haven't played as far as
>>I can tell.
>
>       Dlugy also has 6 games against Mink (2 wins, 4 losses).  Actually Dlugy
>has played a fair number of games vrs computers.  I found 193 (40 wins, 121
>losses, 32 draws which is 29%).
>       "wannabee" (icc rated 2890 when I checked) also plays computers.  I found
>372 games (84 wins, 215 losses, 73 draws which is 32%).
>       So the two pools are not totally disconnected.
>                              James B. Shearer


Wannabee is a handful.  Crafty has played a _bunch_ of games vs him, and he's
likely the best regular player on ICC, with only a few 'occasional' players like
Shirov being better.



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