Vote Chess - Chess.com vs. a Grandmaster!
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Feb 19, 2008
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sweet!! who? When? how do I sign up? oh and did I mention you rock? :P
Feb 19, 2008
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this site's really coming along. this is a pretty good idea (along w/the game of USA and AUS vs. the rest of the world). i'm glad i got a subscription. now, if i could just get an email every time it's my move... ;-)
you can, but it's very annoying
how many days do we have to make our move(s)?
Awesome! I cannot wait to test Chess.com's collective wits against a GM.
Dude, Kasparov retired -.- and he was a world champ
Any GM is fine by me! This will be so much fun. I am really looking forward to read the annotations on this game (hint-hint) when it is over
Feb 19, 2008
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It's Susan Polgar and she's going to be playing NAKED!!
Actually, I think vote chess is a sure win for a GM. It's just a matter of probability. There are more losing moves that wining moves in most scenarios and average players are less likely to select winning moves than GMs. In a difficult position, matched against a GM, a large number of average players, voting to move, has a much higher probability of selecting a non-winning move. It might be more a interesting experiment to pit an average player against the chess.com community.
Zugzwang wrote:
It's Susan Polgar and she's going to be playing NAKED!!
It doesn't matter whether she is naked or not. You want see her anyways- it's internet chess!!!!
Its Fritz.
calvinhobbesliker wrote: who is it?
ME...haha
Zugzwang wrote:
It's Susan Polgar and she's going to be playing NAKED!!
Actually, I think vote chess is a sure win for a GM. It's just a matter of probability. There are more losing moves that wining moves in most scenarios and average players are less likely to select winning moves than GMs. In a difficult position, matched against a GM, a large number of average players, voting to move, has a much higher probability of selecting a non-winning move. It might be more a interesting experiment to pit an average player against the chess.com community.
I am not totally that would be the case. Most likely if the community discussed every move in a thread, some high level player would be able to convince everyone of the best move, which would result in everyone voting for it. But of course that's not always the case.
I think this should be very interesting, although the quantity of many chess players might not equal the quality of one chess player.
Zugzwang wrote:
Actually, I think vote chess is a sure win for a GM. It's just a matter of probability. There are more losing moves that wining moves in most scenarios and average players are less likely to select winning moves than GMs. In a difficult position, matched against a GM, a large number of average players, voting to move, has a much higher probability of selecting a non-winning move. It might be more a interesting experiment to pit an average player against the chess.com community.
EXCELLENT insight, I couldn't have said it better myself. The weak players will undoubtedly select weak moves, and even if another GM happened to join the Chess.com group, his moves would surely get outvoted by all of the weaker players.
Enlighter wrote:
I am not totally that would be the case. Most likely if the community discussed every move in a thread, some high level player would be able to convince everyone of the best move, which would result in everyone voting for it. But of course that's not always the case.
I think this should be very interesting, although the quantity of many chess players might not equal the quality of one chess player.
"Might not"? We're talking about a GM here, mind you. And I can guarantee you that the many (us) definitely does not equal a GM. Also, if everyone listened to the advice of a "high level player" before each move, then doesn't this defeat the whole purpose of the event? In other words, why not let your "high rated player" take on the GM by himself without having to bother justifying his moves to everyone else?
I just wanted to let everyone know that we have a well-known Grandmaster who is going to be playing against everyone at Chess.com in March! I'm excited!