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The most interesting part of this for me was at the very end, where he mentions a trend of chess masters taking up poker instead; has anyone else heard of this?
by mark_h 17y ago
The most interesting part of this for me was at the very end, where he mentions a trend of chess masters taking up poker instead; has anyone else heard of this?
It isn't really explained, except in association with the earlier paragraph comparing the complete-information, brute-force-able game of chess to a game which involves probabilities, bluffing, etc. This obviously makes it a more interesting problem these days for researchers, but it's the first I've heard of it being a human trend too. Unless, of course, it's just about the money, which is also hinted at.
- rms 17y agoThere was a trend of top-level Magic: The Gathering players taking up poker, it shouldn't be surprising that has extended to chess.
- ca98am79 17y agoYes, many tournament chess players have turned to poker because it is another great competitive game, but can make you a lot more money. Ylon Schwartz is a Fide rated chess master and made $3,763,515 by coming in 4th in the 2008 World Series of Poker. He would not be able to make a living from chess.
- ca98am79 17y agoHere's a blog post I wrote about it, which includes a video with Ylon talking about chess and poker: http://www.uglychart.com/2008/11/03/ylon-schwartz-poker-player-and-fide-master/ http://www.uglychart.com/2008/11/03/ylon-schwartz-poker-play...