Your Chess Game Loss: Does Game Theory Explain it?

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Hi everyone,

 

There is a scientific reason that could explain some of your losses at chess. Two researches have come up with an interesting game theory idea just released on phys.org.

Dr Tobias Galla from The University of Manchester and Professor Doyne Farmer from Oxford University and the Santa Fe Institute, ran thousands of simulations of two-player games to see how human behavior affects their decision-making. 

In brief, it's what chess players often come up with: They lost because their opponent made a move that they did not expect even though the move was a weak one!

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