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Have you noticed this before?

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Monday, 7 March 2016, at 7:05 p.m.

In Response To: Have you noticed this before? (Alireza Saatchi)

Alireza wrote:

That certain approximation I used is: assuming Your match equity equals O/(P+O), which is pretty close in scores less than 6-a,6-a. (P: player score-away. O: opponent score-away)

This is an interesting observation! I have not heard it before.

Obviously the formula works when P = O and when either P or O is much larger than the other. It's interesting that it seems to work well for many scores in between.

Messages In This Thread

• Have you noticed this before?
  Alireza Saatchi -- Sunday, 6 March 2016, at 12:27 a.m.
  • Have you noticed this before?
    Timothy Chow -- Monday, 7 March 2016, at 7:05 p.m.
    • Have you noticed this before?
      Chris Yep -- Tuesday, 8 March 2016, at 4:55 a.m.
      • Have you noticed this before?
        alireza saatchi -- Wednesday, 9 March 2016, at 4:33 a.m.
    • Have you noticed this before?
      Chris Yep -- Tuesday, 8 March 2016, at 1:21 p.m.
  • Have you noticed this before?
    Chris Yep -- Tuesday, 8 March 2016, at 1:33 p.m.
    • Have you noticed this before?
      Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 9 March 2016, at 12:22 a.m.
    • Have you noticed this before?
      alireza saatchi -- Wednesday, 9 March 2016, at 4:13 a.m.