nep-spo 2010-06-11 papers

on Sports and Economics

Issue of 2010‒06‒11
one paper chosen by
Joao Carlos Correia Leitao
University of Beira Interior and Technical University of Lisbon

Chess players' performance beyond 64 squares: A case study on the limitations of cognitive abilities transfer By Christoph Bühren; Björn Frank

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

By:	Christoph Bühren (University of Kassel); Björn Frank (University of Kassel)
Abstract:	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.
Keywords:	chess, beauty contest, cognitive transfer
JEL:	C93 C72
Date:	2010
URL:	http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:mar:magkse:201019&r=spo

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