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Subject: Re: Statistics...

Author: chandler yergin

Date: 16:40:08 01/28/06

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On January 28, 2006 at 17:30:32, John Merlino wrote:

>On January 28, 2006 at 16:27:48, chandler yergin wrote:
>
>>Mark Twain once said.. "There are Lies, Damn Lies and .. Statistics"
>
>And your post has all three, with the most obvious of the non-statistical
>variety being your use of the words "will win" below.

I'm sorry.. ya lost me..What is non-statistical?
Please explain what you mean?
What is it you disagree with?
Thanks,
Chan
>
>>It's hard to disprove Statistics, they are what they are.
>>Four hundred  years of Chess Theory & Millions of games played have proven
>>that White has a significant advantage with the first move.
>>Black cannot overcome this, in fact Black cannot even equalize.
>>Whites Overall Performance is 55% compared to Blacks 45%
>>The error factor is insignificant.
>>Whichever Human or Computer plays the Openings by ECO Classification
>>that are better for White will Win.
>>Whichever Human or Computer plays the Openings by ECO Classification
>>that are better for Black will win.
>>It's really that simple.
>>
>>So what does Testing Engines against Engines Prove?
>>
>>Anyone?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Chan



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