Analysis of Chess Game Outcomes

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he tournaments, and 4 players only competed in 1 tournament. The World Cup participants who competed in 3 or more tournaments were 5.2 A Model for Chess Game Outcomes 78 Tournament Dates Number of Competitors Brussels, Belgium April 1, 1988 -- April 22, 1988 18 Belfort, France June 14, 1988 -- July 3, 1988 16 Reykjavik, Iceland October 3, 1988 -- October 24, 1988 18 Barcelona, Spain March 30, 1989 -- April 20, 1989 17 Rotterdam, Netherlands June 3, 1989 -- June 24, 1989 16 Skelleftea, Sweden August 12, 1989 -- September 3, 1989 16 Table 5.1: World Cup Chess Tournaments, 1988--1989 contenders for monetary prizes. Table 5.2 lists the players and indicates the tournaments in which each player competed. For each game in the World Cup, the data consists of the players involved in the game, the outcome of the game (win, loss or draw), an indication of which player played the white pieces (the player with the white pieces moves first), and the tournament in which the game oc