Jump to content

Chess has great parallels with investing, no?


Guest JoelS

Recommended Posts

From the FT, on Magnus Carlsen, world chess champion:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/fac73d10-73fa-11e4-82a6-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=intl#axzz3JxaPFEmM

 

"He won without a huge team of seconds, or assistants, to feed him new ideas and without a room stuffed with supercomputers to prepare game plans in advance...

 

His victory was, as Frederic Friedel, co-founder of the Chessbase chess software company, put it, “like a tennis player turning up to Wimbledon with an ancient wooden racket – and winning..

 

“With the modern computer age, there are some new ideas,” he said a couple of years ago. “But the principles are basically the same..

 

He looks instead to win a game later on via the steady and patient accumulation of sometimes almost imperceptible advantages."

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
×
×
  • Create New...