basic_stat

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   by basic_stat 12y ago

   (it is weird that somebody, not me, created a throw-away account to make the original comment. likely they are involved in chess development, or know how quickly stat discussions go sideways) I'm not involved in chess, I just don&#x2
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   by basic_stat 12y ago

   Once you condition on the number of draws, you do get that binomial distribution. Suppose you have a coin, which gives a random outcome X. But you can only observe the outcome of X when another independent binary random variable Y is true
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   by basic_stat 12y ago

   > During the final event, after playing 64 games against Komodo, Stockfish won with the score of 35½-28½. No doubt is further allowed: Stockfish is the best chess player ever! From a statistical point of view, this isn't actually