Ron wrote:
The whole idea of judging a player by his "error rate" presumes that
the way to win at chess is to commit no errors.

Well, it worked for Petrosian. ;-)

[...] Tal wasn't trying to play perfect chess. He was trying to win
games.

This is a crucial point, yes.


Dave.

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