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  1. Newsgroups: rec.games.go
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!darwin.sura.net!sgiblab!munnari.oz.au!sol.deakin.OZ.AU!news.cs.uow.edu.au!cs.uow.edu.au!bhprtc.scpd.oz.au!bernd
  3. From: bernd@bhprtc.scpd.oz.au (Bernd Wechner)
  4. Subject: Re: winning ratio
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov17.023826.2810@bhprtc.scpd.oz.au>
  6. Organization: BHP Steel, Sheet & Coil, Research & Technology Centre
  7. References: <Bxq5pn.D89@nic.umass.edu> <1992Nov15.142906.30095@dickens.com>
  8. Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 02:38:26 GMT
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  10.  
  11. fred@dickens.com (Fred R Stearns) writes:
  12.  
  13. >Somewhere (I can't remember where now) I saw the following
  14. >formula:
  15. >
  16. >P = 1/2 * (2/3)^(2*d)
  17. >
  18. >where d is the absolute rank difference and P is the probability
  19. >that the weaker player will win.
  20.  
  21. Is this with, or without handicap stones? Presumably without.
  22.  
  23. -- 
  24. Bernd Wechner, Research Engineer                       (bernd@bhprtc.scpd.oz.au)
  25. BHP Sheet and Coil Products Division, Research and Technology Centre
  26. Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia.
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