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Yosha has admitted that their analysis was flawed… https://twitter.com/IglesiasYosha/status/1574308784566067201...


Only the ROI of the probability of 6 consecutive tournaments was miscalculated, not the engine correlation percentages.

Fischer at his best during 20 consecutive winning games at his peak performance had an average engine correlation of 72%, while Niemann's average was 73% across 5 tournaments. I just saw this: Magnus Carlson's average engine correlation across 5 tournaments in 2021 (roughly the same period as Niemann's 5) was 66.48%[1].

Niemann conspicuously appears to be a superior chess player at 19yo than both Bobby Fischer at 27yo during the peak performance of his career and a much better chess player than Magnus Carson at 30yo while he was and is reigning World Champion.

[1] https://twitter.com/ty_johannes/status/1574780445744668673?t...




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