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Szpoti wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 29, 2023 3:09 pm

I think Q7 is the culprit of the confusion. We should avoid asking complex questions of this sort since they can generate a positive answer to any positive constituent.

Yeah, that's why I noted in #10 that #7 did not necessarily imply athlete.

Szpoti wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 29, 2023 3:22 pm

Vladimir Kramnik?

Correct! My chess hero and the 14th World Champion. When posed with the question of whether the glass is half full or half empty, Kramnik would probably answer that the glass was full.

Kramnik was the one to unseat Garry Kasparov as World Champion during the chess schism, and defended that title in a match with Veselin Topalov (known as Toiletgate), to become the 14th World Champion.

Szpoti wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 29, 2023 3:09 pm

I think Q7 is the culprit of the confusion. We should avoid asking complex questions of this sort since they can generate a positive answer to any positive constituent.

I disagree.

There was a winning guess within 16 questions, so we were fine.

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 29, 2023 5:31 pm

Szpoti wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 29, 2023 3:09 pm

I think Q7 is the culprit of the confusion. We should avoid asking complex questions of this sort since they can generate a positive answer to any positive constituent.

I disagree.

There was a winning guess within 16 questions, so we were fine.

I think Szpoti was correct that Q7 caused confusion, but their conclusion is where I would disagree. I think people just need to keep in mind that questions like that allow for, in this case, three different correct possibilities.

damo666 wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 29, 2023 2:30 pm

Foxcastle wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 29, 2023 12:42 pm

Primarily known for being a chess player?

How many apolitical live retired chess players can you think of off the top of your head.

Certainly more than the number of darts players I could even recognize given a list of famous darts players...

Szpoti wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 29, 2023 3:09 pm

I think Q7 is the culprit of the confusion. We should avoid asking complex questions of this sort since they can generate a positive answer to any positive constituent.

These lists of potential classifications have been very helpful, actually, and we usually get pretty good return on them.

@Szpoti, it is your turn

damo666 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:46 pm

Free guess: Boris Spassky

Quite pleased with this guess now

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 30, 2023 11:08 am

@Szpoti, it is your turn

Yup, sure. Socially busy Sunday. Thinking about what obscure Brit to employ.

Up and running. Good luck!