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Subject: Re: Take all program results at 40/2 vs Grandmasters you get 2500+ easily

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:48:38 10/02/99

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On October 02, 1999 at 18:39:12, odell hall wrote:
>  If you add up the Results of all the 40/2 games played in the last year by the
>top programs, including the rebel 10 results, and the games at the wcc99 as well
>as the shredder, Karpov game, you get +2500 easily. Grandmaster strength without
>a doubt, any other conclusions is simply ignoring evidence right in front of
>your eyes. But if you want to just take rebel's results so far, you get the same
>thing over 2500!  All the critics are silenced!!
There are nearly enough games to give a provisional rating.  I think Rebel has
done surprisingly well.

However, the critics will never be silenced.  Who ever heard of silent critics?

Given enough games for a mathematical basis we can make some definite
statements.  But just look at the funny things that happen during play.  For
instance, during the Hiarcs Junior match in SSDF recently, Junior started off
with the upper hand.  Many immediately lept to the conclusion that Hiarcs was an
overrated bag of wayward electrons.  Zip  -- a big comeback.

IOW, a few games do not tell us much of anything.  Indeed, exactly how many
games do we have at 40/2 where something was at stake?



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