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Chess, Cheating, Psychology, Analogy

Posted By: AdamStocks
Date: Wednesday, 18 June 2014, at 2:36 a.m.

In Response To: Chess, Cheating, Psychology, Analogy (Timothy Chow)

I would veer towards cognitive bias. Even games (on average) tend to be more closely related to starting positions, and conversely, lopsided games tend to be further away (i.e. more moves away) from starting positions, and therefore, the lopsided positions will tend to have simplified due to material exchanges etc., and both sides will tend to have move choices which result in bigger equity differences between the best play and second best play, making them generally easier to find. In backgammon, the simplifications from material exchanges don't happen, but in a more general sense, a well designed starting position in a particular game will have the property of being able to morph into many types of game, each of which is nearer to the 'edge' of the game space than the starting position, giving less choice (simplification) and bigger equity swings from sub-optimal plays.

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