Re:50% of expert chess tournament games end in a draw
by lumelet on Saturday May 24, 2014 @11:37AM
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the value of (ability to use) white's first move advantage increases with player's skill level. so, in every single expert game, black has an incentive to aim for a draw.
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Re:50% of expert chess tournament games end in a draw
by cjbprime on Sunday May 25, 2014 @08:56PM
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Is this actually true? If someone said "the ability to use the black pieces to compensate for white's clear first-move advantage increases with skill level, so white's advantage is greater when the players' skill level is lower", I wouldn't find it any more or less convincing than your justification. Is there data we can look at?