For those who want something shorter I can say that based on your reasoning, bridge is much more interesting. This may be sound as a joke since in US bridge is mostly played by old people, but is true.
The most important reason is that bridge will never be perfectly solved by computers. Someone said in this thread "for imperfect information (games), there is still a perfect, computable solution". This can be true, but the interesting point is that this perfect computable move may be the wrong move by far.
In order to explain this I will say that in bridge there are many situations where you have to choose between two paths.
Path one is a winner 65% of the time according to mathematical analysis.
Path two is a winner 5% of the time according to the same analysis above.
However path two is the winner, because the opponents have also incomplete information and even according to their BEST analysis (mathematical or psychological) they must follow up with a movement that will make you win 100%.
Unfortunately as the author said, this cannot be appreciated if you are not very familiar with the game.
Since you mentioned generals and the like, Eisenhower was a bridge fanatic. At present time it is enjoyed by the two richest men in Earth, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.
For those who want something shorter I can say that based on your reasoning, bridge is much more interesting. This may be sound as a joke since in US bridge is mostly played by old people, but is true.
The most important reason is that bridge will never be perfectly solved by computers. Someone said in this thread "for imperfect information (games), there is still a perfect, computable solution". This can be true, but the interesting point is that this perfect computable move may be the wrong move by far.
In order to explain this I will say that in bridge there are many situations where you have to choose between two paths. Path one is a winner 65% of the time according to mathematical analysis. Path two is a winner 5% of the time according to the same analysis above. However path two is the winner, because the opponents have also incomplete information and even according to their BEST analysis (mathematical or psychological) they must follow up with a movement that will make you win 100%.
Unfortunately as the author said, this cannot be appreciated if you are not very familiar with the game.
Since you mentioned generals and the like, Eisenhower was a bridge fanatic. At present time it is enjoyed by the two richest men in Earth, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.