This forum doesn't belong in Science as the sampling is a voluntary convenience sampling method. There is, however, an interesting question about whether the proportion of left-handed players differs from right-handed players, and if there is a significant difference in the playing strengths of left-handed and right-handed players.
A quick and easy OTB tournament study could be conducted at a rated tournament. It would have greater validity, for tournament players as a target subject group. Ideally, a large tournamant, such as the World Open would provide the best sampling.
Originally posted by coquette This forum doesn't belong in Science as the sampling is a voluntary convenience sampling method. There is, however, an interesting question about whether the proportion of left-handed players differs from right-handed players, and if there is a significant difference in the playing strengths of left-handed and right-handed players.
A quick and easy OTB t ...[text shortened]... ect group. Ideally, a large tournamant, such as the World Open would provide the best sampling.
Sweet, it only took five posts for someone to complain; however,
I really do want to know. Being left-handed I was wondering what
if anything it had to do with playing strenght.
Kelly
Originally posted by KellyJay Sweet, it only took five posts for someone to complain; however,
I really do want to know. Being left-handed I was wondering what
if anything it had to do with playing strenght.
Kelly
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=5147
Looks like about 18% of chess players are left handed, as compared to 10% in the general population, but there's no correlation between handedness and skill level.
Originally posted by KellyJay Sweet, it only took five posts for someone to complain; however,
I really do want to know. Being left-handed I was wondering what
if anything it had to do with playing strenght.
Kelly
You mistook my comment as a complaint. I'm not complainging about that, though, as I'm taking as a left-handed compliment.
Originally posted by coquette You mistook my comment as a complaint. I'm not complainging about that, though, as I'm taking as a left-handed compliment.
I see, I humbly bow and say my bad! 🙂 Well done!
Kelly
Originally posted by KellyJay Sweet, it only took five posts for someone to complain; however,
I really do want to know. Being left-handed I was wondering what
if anything it had to do with playing strenght.
Kelly
I think left handed players could play more intuitively, making them better at openings. Therefore right-handed players would be better at end-game.
(left-handed rating:1350)
dominant hand and foot are right -- dominant eye is left
What if you took a bunch of right-handed people and had them all spend an extensive amount of time doing complex tasks like writing with their left hands. How many would eventually become ambidextrous?
Most (right-handed) people's left-handed writing looks like a first-grader's writing (back when everyone was just learning how to write). Consider how much practice the left hand has gotten since first grade. What if people spent an equal amount of time with both hands while they were growing up?
In baseball, it's not uncommon to see people who throw right-handed, but bat exclusively from the left side. Most likely these are people who were right-handed, but were taught to hit from the left side from an early age to get an advantage (since most pitchers throw right-handed). So they end up becoming much better at hitting from the left side than from their "dominant" right side.
Originally posted by Melanerpes hoping to get to 1700 soon
dominant hand and foot are right -- dominant eye is left
What if you took a bunch of right-handed people and had them all spend an extensive amount of time doing complex tasks like writing with their left hands. How many would eventually become ambidextrous?
Most (right-handed) people's left-handed writing looks like a ...[text shortened]... p becoming much better at hitting from the left side than from their "dominant" right side.
Left handed or Right handed
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