Author: Mark Young
Date: 15:39:20 06/15/99
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On June 15, 1999 at 16:51:45, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On June 15, 1999 at 08:43:34, walter irvin wrote: > >> this looks like it could be rebels year,fritz got spanked so it is out,the only >>programs left worth worry about,hiarcs,cilkchess > > >This is really a crap-shoot for those at the top. Think about this. For >the top 1/3 of the programs (that really have a chance of winning) when >they play each other they have a roughly equal chance of winning or >losing. For the probability of winning the remaining 4 rounds, you get >.5^4, which is lousy odds. :) > >This is still wide open... remember that a perfect score is _highly_ >improbable... (compute .5^7) so that things can still happen. and every >loss in the last 2 rounds will drastically shift the standings... since >the ones at the top will be continually playing each other for the last >three-4 rounds... It will be bloody, and it isn't over... Well said, I think some people are new to this computer vs computer chess.:)
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