"Mark Houlsby" wrote in message
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On 11 Mar, 18:57, "David Kane" wrote:


To the thesis that draws are the natural
outcome of a well-played game and that high
draw rates are simply a manifestation of
players playing well, I think the
Morozevich-Topalov game in round 13 is
a good counterexample. The last 18 moves
were in an ending with a mere 6 pieces, "simple"
enough to appear in tablebase libraries. Yet it
contains not one but three errors made by the
world's best.

So... what you're saying is that tablebases play endgames better than
humans....

Amazing.


That's not what was said at all. What was said that
this is evidence against the idea that draws result
from players approaching draw-producing perfection
in their games - an often claimed but rarely supported
theory.

So, in a small way, it supports the counter theory that
high draw rates result from factors external to the game,
such as the scoring system.