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re:Column on Finding the Best Move - 2006/12/16 09:52
The column Finding the Best Move claims that if a player steadily wins 5% of games marvelously played, there is [statitsically] a 500-point rating diference against him. In the long run I claim that if a player wins 5% and draws 95%, this is not so.
I also claim that the "best" move is not always the most useful move.
The best move may lead to a position that the player knows is won, but also graphically knows he hasn't the skill to conclusively pursue that win. Also the most useful move may be the move that gives him the practical wildly winning choices that he needs.
Dan Hiesman's point of view is a useful one, if one painstakingly pursues an objective analysis of positions. But the player who assderts that his move was best may not mean objectivelly best, but practically best given his own ability..
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