Two chess world champions, Lasker (left) and Euwe (right) who were also mathematicians.

Chess and Mathematics

Cole Frederick
Cantor’s Paradise

--

At first glance, these two disciplines may seem unrelated. However, mathematics and chess have a large amount of unexpected connections.

A common way to tie mathematics to a game is through probability. Popular games such as poker and craps can be analyzed very thoroughly with probability concepts. That is because these games deal with chance and incomplete information. Chess however, has no randomness or hiding of…

--

--

Ph.D. Candidate in climate science. I write weekly about science and math, and nominate related stories for a boost