2-6 October 2023
Universidad de los Andes / Universidad Nacional de Colombia
America/Bogota timezone

Emergent properties of chess openings

5 Oct 2023, 15:00
20m
A1 - edificio 564 (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

A1 - edificio 564

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Invited talk Statistical Physics Invited Talks

Speaker

Prof. Rafael Hurtado (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

Description

Chess is a board game that demands deep positional understanding from the first move of the opening to the end of the game. Here, we present a method for assessing the true intentions of chess players in their opening move, which is often considered to be the most crucial decision in a match. We use a hidden variables formalism developed for complex networks, and our findings include a study of relevant grandmasters as well as an identification of the role of asymmetries between white and black pieces throughout history.

Primary author

Prof. Rafael Hurtado (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

Co-author

Gustavo Adolfo Muñoz (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

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