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Subject: Re: Statistics... Correction

Author: chandler yergin

Date: 23:43:18 01/28/06

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On January 28, 2006 at 16:27:48, chandler yergin wrote:

>Mark Twain once said.. "There are Lies, Damn Lies and .. Statistics"
>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 the majority of games.
>Whichever Human or Computer plays the Openings by ECO Classification
>that are better for Black will win the majority of games.
>It's really that simple.
>
>So what does Testing Engines against Engines Prove?
>
>Anyone?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chan



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