Author: blass uri
Date: 21:30:37 06/19/99
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On June 19, 1999 at 21:58:46, Tina Long wrote: >On June 19, 1999 at 16:32:41, blass uri wrote: > >>Junior 4.5 out of 7 is better than cilkchess 5 out of 7 because Junior played >>against better oponnents. >> >>Junior won cilkchess and played against >>Shredder,Fritz,Darkthought,Nimzo,Hiarcs,Eugen(all of these program have at least >>4.5 out of 7 except hiarcs and Eugen with 4 out of 7) >> >>Cilkchess was lucky to play against weak programs like patzer and sos in the >>first 2 rounds and did not play against strong opponents except Junior,dark >>thought and Hiarcs7. >> >> >>The result is that the humans are going to have an easier job tommorow because >>they are not going to play the best 4 computers. >> >>Uri > >The final result is fair! Cilkchess performed better than Junior. This is how >the Swiss tournament works. Cilkchess scored more points then Junior but did not perform better than it. I know that this is the way that the swiss system work but this is not fair. We can find a different order based on performance of the programs. We need to calculate which program has the best rating if we assume that this tournament repeat again ans again. > >When you lose an early round you then play lower ranked opponents until the end >nears. > >Chess Tiger lost the first two games & thus got to play 29,22,14,19,8. > >Look at the opponents of Hiarcs who played higher opponents than anyone, > 9,17(MChess),2,5,1,3,4. > >Again, this is what happens in a Swiss Tournament. A seven round tournament for >30 opponents is more practical than a round robin, but will depend on luck in >the final results. > >Cilkchess scored more than Junior by beating Hiarcs in the final round. If >Junior had beaten Hiarcs in round 4 then Cilkchess may not have met Hiarcs at >all. You are right that Cilkchess won against Hiarcs when Junior drew against it by on the other side Junior won dark thought and cilkchess drew against it. Uri
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