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Comparing stats (+ spoiler for #3)

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Saturday, 15 October 2011, at 5:36 p.m.

In Response To: othello quiz 2011 (othello)

These stats are interesting. Let's compare opinions on what the "easier" problems were:

Stick: 4, 5, 6, 8, 9
Michael: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10
Tim: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7
Stats: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 (and 10, if we want a sixth)

Only #5 and #6 appear in all four lists. #2 and #8 appear in 3 out of 4 lists. Interestingly, #3 was solved by a relatively large number of contestants but does not appear on the other three lists. My guess is that this is partly due to QF. If you know that Othello (almost?) always chooses problems where the top play is far ahead of the other plays, then you can guess what the top play in #3 must be, whether or not you'd play it OTB.

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