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“In chess. First move. E4 or D4. Which is better?”
This is one of the quirky questions the hyper-productive blogger and cultural economist Tyler Cowen posed to Peter Thiel recently. Here is Thiel’s reply (the aside in brackets was added by us): THIEL: It’s probably the case that D4 is marginally … Continue reading
A visualization of Texas hold’em win probabilities
Software engineer Chris Beaumont visualized the strength of opponent hands in Texas hold ’em, given any other hand. His analysis is based on counting about 1.3 trillion possible combinations. (Via FlowingData.)
Mixed strategies
So which of these four ghost strategies would you expect to have the highest kill rate? Hat tip to jackmcxp for sharing this tidbit with us via Imgur.
Toys and gender
My wife and I are hoping our daughter Adys Ann (left) will love to play with a creative, science-inspired toy like Lego’s particle accelerator (see film clip above) when she is a little older. In any case, here’s another reason why … Continue reading
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Games, Questions Rarely Asked
Tagged Adys Ann Guerra, LEGO, Particle Accelerator, Toys
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Magnus Carlsen is the 2014 FIDE World Chess Champion
From the comments (ZyTelevan): “Rb4 ‘killed’ Anand. Before that move the engines evaluated around -0.5, but after the rook sacrifice the evaluation skyrocketed for Carlsen. The game would look better in different circumstances, but in the context of this [World … Continue reading
Chess blitz
Round 9 of the 2014 FIDE World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand ended in a draw after just 20 moves. Note Anand’s 12th move in this game. Addendum (Nov. 22): Game 10 also ended in another draw.
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Tagged Chess, FIDE World Chess Championship, Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand
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War of Attrition (World Chess Championship, Round 7)
This epic game between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand lasted 122 moves!
Litigation Games
Is a legal trial a search for truth, like the activities of science or philosophy, or is it a combined game of skill and luck, like poker? Although we have modeled the process of litigation in our previous work as … Continue reading
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The history of chess openings
Are you ready for the 2014 World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand? In preparation for the upcoming WCC, we are linking to this beautiful diagram describing the evolution of chess openings over time. It was prepared by Randal S. Olson. See also Raymond … Continue reading
Adjudication and the Turing Test
Legal trials resemble the Turing Test in many ways. First, let’s restate the original version of the Turing Test and then compare this test to the process of adjudication.
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Games, Law, Philosophy, Probability
Tagged Adjudication, Turing Test
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prior probability 