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Originally Posted by mountainman
Chess players formulate moves as the event itself plays out, while handicappers are restricted to sizing things up in advance. Thus chess can more easily be reduced to science-meaning an infallible series of 'correct' responses as possible outcomes and permutations become fewer in number and easier to weigh. Handicappers may tackle a race one factor at a time, but the process is based purely on supposition, and it's progress purely a leap of faith lacking linear sequence or fixed points to proceed from. Thanks very much for the response.
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Does this mean that it is easier to beat Garry Kasparov in chess...than it is to out-play the public at the racetrack?
