I like this even though it violates the correct standard of “mistake”: was the choice expected-optimal, before the roll of the die?
I like that it suggests continuing to focus on the rest of the game rather than beating yourself up over a past mistake.
Tartakower was a chess player.
Somehow I’d imagined chess without really knowing.
The roll of the die is still in effect: unanticipated consequences of only-boundedly-optimal moves by each player can’t make the original move more or less of a true mistake.
Tartakower also said “No one ever won a game by resigning” indeed.
I like this even though it violates the correct standard of “mistake”: was the choice expected-optimal, before the roll of the die?
I like that it suggests continuing to focus on the rest of the game rather than beating yourself up over a past mistake.
Tartakower was a chess player.
Somehow I’d imagined chess without really knowing.
The roll of the die is still in effect: unanticipated consequences of only-boundedly-optimal moves by each player can’t make the original move more or less of a true mistake.
Tartakower also said “No one ever won a game by resigning” indeed.