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

Christoph Bühren () and Björn Frank ()
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Christoph Bühren: University of Kassel
Björn Frank: University of Kassel

No 201019, MAGKS Papers on Economics from Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung)

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 C93 D03 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2010
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