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Chess cheats and the GOAT

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


Currently unavailable

Chess cheats and the GOAT

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Apr 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Who is the greatest chess player in history? And what does the answer have to do with a story of a chess cheating school from Texas? In this week’s More or Less, the BBC’s numbers programme, David Edmonds finds out what a statistical analysis of chess moves can teach us about this ancient board game.

Presenter: David Edmonds
Producer: Darin Graham

Image: A Chess Board
Credit: Getty Images
Released:
Apr 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4