User:Adpete/sandbox

=My draft articles=
 * User:Adpete/Altitude in Athletics
 * Draft:World Chess Championship split of 1993–2006
 * User:Adpete/World Chess Championship split of 1993–2006 (preferred)

=multiple individual athletics titles at a single Olympics=

See User:Adpete/multiple

=List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games=

Better table for List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games

Now at User:Adpete/olympiclist

=Most wins against reigning world chess champions=

Possible article at User:Adpete/Most wins against reigning world chess champions.

=Early unofficial World Chess Champions=

As far as I can see, here is the rough progression to Wilhelm Steinitz becoming unofficial World Chess Champion, on the assumption that his main rivals were Adolf Anderssen and Johannes Zukertort.
 * 1859: Paul Morphy dominates chess then stops playing.
 * 1862: Anderssen wins the London 1862 chess tournament with 11/12, 2 points ahead of Louis Paulsen. Steinitz places 6th. This is generally seen as re-establishing Anderssen as the strongest active player in the world.
 * 1862: Anderssen draws a match 4-4 with Paulsen (+3-3=2).
 * 1864: Anderssen draws a match 4-4 with Berthold Suhle by the same score (+3-3=2). Not many references, unsure of status.
 * 1866: Steinitz defeats Anderssen 8-6 in a match (+8-6=0). Some commentators date his world championship from this date.
 * 1867: Steinitz comes second at Dundee (7/9) behind Gustav Neumann (7.5/9).
 * 1867: Steinitz comes third at Paris 1867 chess tournament (Ignatz Kolisch 20/24, Szymon Winawer 19, Steinitz 18, Gustav Neumann 17). Neither Anderssen nor Zukertort played. (Horowitz p.24 says Steinitz was 2nd behind Kolisch).
 * 1868: Anderssen defeats Zukertort in a match 8.5-3.5 (+8-3=1).
 * 1868-1869: Anderssen comes 2nd on playoff (behind Max Lange) in one German tournament, and wins two others, ahead of Zukertort all three times.
 * 1870: Anderssen wins Baden-Baden 1870 chess tournament, narrowly ahead of Steinitz (Anderssen 11/16, Steinitz 10.5, Gustav Neumann and Joseph Henry Blackburne 10). Zukertort did not play, probably due to the Franco-Prussian War.
 * 1871: Zukertort defeats Anderssen in a match 5-2 (+5-2=0). Chessmetrics suggests this was his first really good result.
 * 1872: Steinitz defeats Zukertort in a match 9-3 (+7-1=4).
 * 1872: Steinitz wins London tournament with 7.5/8, ahead of Blackburne (5/8), Zukertort, MacDonnell and De Vere.
 * 1873: Steinitz wins Vienna 1873 chess tournament. Tied for first with Blackburne (both 10/11 mini-match wins, Steinitz won playoff). Anderssen was 3rd on 8.5, Zukertort did not play.
 * 1876: Steinitz defeats Blackburne 7-0 in a match.
 * 1876-1882 Steinitz plays no other chess until Vienna 1882, where he wins (24/34 equal with with Winawer but won the playoff, Zukertort 22.5 fourth).

From that I would conclude that Steinitz and Anderssen both have claims to "world's strongest" between 1866 and 1870. Anderssen had a slightly better tournament record 1867-1869, then won Baden-Baden in 1870; but this is offset by Steinitz' match win in 1866. But then Steinitz' 1872 match win over Zukertort (contrasted to Anderssen's loss in 1871) clearly puts him ahead by 1872 (and probably 1871 as well), and he confirms it with his win at Vienna 1873.

This seems to be confirmed by early usage, where the first mention of Steinitz is in 1872 after the Zukertort match: "Mr Steinitz, who may now be fairly pronounced the champion player of the time."

=Rounding= Experimenting because I noticed weird things in the rounding of the (average) "points per game" scores (which are meant to be displayed to 1 decimal place) at List of National Basketball Association career scoring leaders.

Let's try some simple examples:

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Is there an alternative to expr ... round, which does display to a fixed number of decimal points, like the "%.1f" formatting string in C, Python, etc.? (i.e. "%.1f" for 1 decimal point of precision, "%.2f" for 2 decimal points, and so on).

I raised this at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help_talk:Extension:ParserFunctions#Rounding_to_Significant_Digits, but it gave a message to ask elsewhere, so I have now also asked at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Support_desk Adpete (talk) 00:11, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

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=Bill Russell and the Ice Capades=

Roughly in descending order of reliability, though all would qualify as WP:RS.


 * (Taylor's book - skeptical) In later years... Auerbach, meanwhile, claimed that Walter Brown got Harrison to pledge not to draft Russell by promising to allow the Ice Capades to perform in Rochester two weeks a year. But Harrison always denied this, pointing out that the Ice Capades were already playing in Rochester, and Brown never mentioned it in interviews he gave over the years. What clearly happened is that Harrison had underrated Russell's ability after seeing him only once and, since he already had an excellent rebounder in Maurice Stokes, made the logical choice to opt instead for Shihago Green -- footnote on p.68, The Rivalry, John Taylor.


 * (Surdam's book - skeptical) Harrison later denied this version of the story, maintaining that his club never intended to draft Russell because of his high salary demands and that the Ice Capades booking was just an example of ice arena owners helping each other out. Harrison complained, "I was cheated out of Russell, who played poorly at the [college] All-Star Game because he didn't want to play in a small city like Rochester... We had Maurice Stokes at center (reference 47),


 * (New York Times - believes it) Celtics Coach Red Auerbach was desperate to land Russell. He saw him as a transformative presence. He arranged for the team owner, Walter Brown, to promise the owner of the Royals that he could have Brown’s show, the Ice Capades, for two weeks if he bypassed Russell. The owner, Les Harrison, agreed; the ice shows, after all, were guaranteed money. Russell was not.


 * (NPR - believes it) Red Auerbach... Commentator John Feinstein was a close friend, and he joins us now... "Well, in 1956 he knew he wanted to draft a player named Bill Russell out of the University of San Francisco, but the Rochester Red Wings had the first pick in the NBA draft. And so Red went to his owner, Walter Brown, who owned the Ice Capades, and got him to convince Les Harrison, the owner in Rochester, to not take Russell in return for the Ice Capades going to Rochester for a week. Rochester took Sihugo Green, Red took Bill Russell, the Celtics won 11 of their next 13 NBA titles."


 * (nba.com - a little skeptical) According to legend, at least, Hall of Famer Bill Russell wound up with the Celtics in 1956 after coach Red Auerbach got Boston owner Walter Brown, part-owner of the always-popular Ice Capades, to commit to several ice-dancing shows in Rochester, allowing owner Les Harrison a big payday. The catch? Harrison had to pass on Russell, allowing him to slip to No. 2, a pick Boston acquired from St. Louis. Harrison agreed, Auerbach picked Russell, and 11 of the next 13 championships followed in Boston.


 * (ESPN - believes it) To get Bill Russell required some legendary maneuvering that would take its place in Celtics lore. Rochester was drafting first, with St. Louis second, and the whole world knew about Russell's exploits at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and at the University of San Francisco, where his team won 55 straight. Rochester was strong up front and looked to draft Sihugo Green. Brown gave Rochester team manager Les Harrison additional incentive to avoid Russell. If Harrison passed on Russell, Brown would arrange for Rochester to get the touring Ice Capades two weeks later. Recalled Auerbach: "Walter got him the Ice Capades, and Harrison said, 'I give you my word that we'll stay away from Russell.'"

=In case Ultimate Kricket Challenge gets deleted=

The Ultimate Kricket Challenge (UKC) was an indoor single wicket cricket tournament held in the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. The event was streamed on Disney+ Hotstar and Star Sports 1 in India, and on BT Sport 2 in the United Kingdom.

The inaugural tournament in December 2020 was won by Rashid Khan, who defeated Andre Russell in the final. During the tournament, plans were announced for a second event with a US$1 million prize.

Players

 * Yuvraj Singh
 * Andre Russell (Runner up)
 * Eoin Morgan
 * Kevin Pietersen (Semi-finalist)
 * Rashid Khan (Champion)
 * Chris Gayle (Semi-finalist)

"Ace" players

 * Steven Finn
 * Chris Jordan
 * Tymal Mills
 * Graeme Cremer

Results
December 24:

Eoin Morgan vs Kevin Pietersen

Eoin Morgan won by 13 runs.

December 25:

Rashid Khan vs Kevin Pietersen

Rashid Khan won by 19 runs.

Yuvraj Singh vs Eoin Morgan

Eoin Morgan won by 2 runs.

December 26:

Andre Russell vs Rashid Khan

Andre Russell won by 17 runs.

Chris Gayle vs Andre Russell

Chris Gayle won by 13 runs.

December 27:

Kevin Pietersen vs Yuvraj Singh

Kevin Pietersen won by 21 runs.

Chris Gayle vs Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen won by 3 runs.

December 28:

Eoin Morgan vs Rashid Khan

Eoin Morgan won by 9 runs.

Chris Gayle vs Eoin Morgan

Chris Gayle won by 8 runs.

December 29:

Eoin Morgan vs Andre Russell

Andre Russell won by 42 runs.

Chris Gayle vs Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan won by 2 runs.

December 30:

Andre Russell vs Kevin Pietersen

Andre Russell won by 13 runs.

Chris Gayle vs Yuvraj Singh

Chris Gayle won by 43 runs.

December 31:

Semi-final 1 Andre Russell vs Kevin Pietersen

Andre Russell won by 19 runs.

Semi-final 2 Rashid Khan vs Chris Gayle

Rashid Khan won by 57 runs.

January 1:

FINAL Andre Russell vs Rashid Khan

Rashid Khan won by 24 runs.

Rules and format
The format of the tournament is a league round-robin, with the top 4 contenders making it through to the semi-finals, which the winners of go through to the final. 2 league points are awarded to a contender for winning a match. The UKC contender to amass more runs at the end of the match wins the game and the two points. Each innings is made up of 15 balls. There are 4 innings in a match, for a combined total of balls per match of 60. A player must bowl a minimum of 8 balls per innings, while a sub, called an "Ace", can bowl up to 7. Each player can be assisted by 1 fielder and a wicket-keeper in the dome. Bouncers cannot be bowled. In a circumstance where a bouncer is bowled, the ball is called a no-ball, for which a 1 run penalty is awarded. Wide balls have the same penalty as a no-ball, and a contender can only score runs after a physical run is completed.

Scoring Zones
Scoring is divided into 6 scoring zones; zones A and B score 1 run, zone C scores 2 runs, zone D scores 3, and zone E scores 4 runs on the bounce, and 6 on the direct hit. However, behind the bowler there is a "Bullseye", which if the batsman hits, they score 12 runs, and gain an extra ball. Bullseyes are also found square of the wicket, which amass 4 runs.

Awardees

 * Champion: Rashid Khan
 * Runner up: Andre Russell
 * Bullseye hitter: Rashid Khan
 * Best Ace player: Chris Jordan