Will_Newsome comments on Rationality Quotes March 2012 - Less Wrong

4 Post author: Thomas 03 March 2012 08:04AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (525)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 03 March 2012 01:58:36AM 0 points [-]

On a purely empirical level most amateur games once they reach critical positions are blunderfests punctuated by a few objectively strong moves that decide the game, and many complex positions near the end of games are similar blunderfests even among masters, and if you're assuming that the majority of moves are blunders then Tartakower's point is generally true. But I don't think that's what he meant.