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TL;DR quote: > The bottom line is that the difficulty of the decision is the most important factor in determining whether a player makes a mistake. In other w
by Noseshine 10y ago
TL;DR quote:
> The bottom line is that the difficulty of the decision is the most important factor in determining whether a player makes a mistake. In other words, examining the complexity of the board position is a much better predictor of whether a player is likely to blunder than his or her skill level or the amount of time left in the game.
That first sentence almost comically funny, especially in the context of the click-bait headline that does a great job at not revealing any useful information.
All based on playing chess, so go ahead if you like and use one experiment using one game to extrapolate to the entire world...
Link to the study, to skip that article: http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.04956 http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.04956