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eric5014 t1_irp4t74 wrote

Reply to comment by nemarholvan in [OC] Percent of human moves matching computer recommended moves in top chess tournaments by Evidently_21

Often in the opening, there are multiple moves that work fine. Particularly the first move or two, but even after that as you can develop pieces in a different order and there isn't an immediate threat needing a response.

In the middle & end there is more often one obvious next move.

I think these might account for much of that gap.

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Evidently_21 OP t1_irqim7e wrote

Yes it is this. The average evaluation change for opening is much smaller, there are just lots of pretty good options so matching exactly what computer recommends is hard.

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