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Subject: Re: Should a 1900 rated Chessplayer be able to Draw A Grandmaster occasional

Author: James Robertson

Date: 23:50:11 12/12/99

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On December 12, 1999 at 20:42:08, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On December 12, 1999 at 17:19:30, John Warfield wrote:
>
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>> How often is a 1900 rated player expected to draw a grandmaster? Just curious
>>A friend of mine drew hiarcs7 yesterday, I thought this was odd.
>
>
>Rough math says that a 200 point spread produces a 3:1 result.  400 points
>turns that into a 15:1 result.  600 points (which would fit your question
>apparently) would be a 63:1 result.  So maybe 2 draws in 64 games...

Just slightly higher than that... 3.1% is the expected result for the
lower-rated player if there is a 600 point difference....

James



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