there is a selection of positions they do not understand at all. Worse, by definition they do not understand what they do not understand and so cannot avoid them.
This is almost certainly true for humans too in terms of general problems rather than specifically chess. There are probably concepts which we have so little understanding and comprehension of that we can't even see our own ignorance. Rumsfeld's known unknowns.
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there is a selection of positions they do not understand at all. Worse, by definition they do not understand what they do not understand and so cannot avoid them.
This is almost certainly true for humans too in terms of general problems rather than specifically chess. There are probably concepts which we have so little understanding and comprehension of that we can't even see our own ignorance. Rumsfeld's known unknowns.