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>Precision is a murky concept in chess because it is not a solved game

it's ironically also a murky concept for the opposite reason. In some openings the analysis of GM's goes so deep that they can fairly often play almost exclusively computer-aided prep. There's a big difference between a 40-move game in that kind of theoretical position vs off-beat games.

So you might have a very precise, narrow, theoretical repertoire but that's not the same as playing strength because your opponents can prepare. What really matters is more something like precision under uncertainty.



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