Chess players' performance beyond 64 squares: A case study on the limitations of cognitive abilities transfer

Chess players' performance beyond 64 squares: A case study on the limitations of cognitive abilities transfer

In a beauty contest experiment with over 6,000 chess players, ranked from amateur to world class, we found that Grandmasters act very similar to other humans. This even holds true when they play exclusively against players of approximately their own strength. In line with psychological research on c...

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Veröffentlicht in:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 19-2010)
Autoren: Bühren, Christoph, Frank, Björn
Format: Arbeit
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2010
Schlagworte:
cognitive transfer
Wirtschaft
chess
beauty contest
Economics
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Zusammenfassung:In a beauty contest experiment with over 6,000 chess players, ranked from amateur to world class, we found that Grandmasters act very similar to other humans. This even holds true when they play exclusively against players of approximately their own strength. In line with psychological research on chess players' thinking, we argue that they are not more rational in a game theoretic sense per se. Their skills are rather specific for their game.
Umfang:21 Seiten
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2024.0049

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