Game complexity metric

Hey there, so I was curious if there were a metric out there to measure "game complexity".

Someone mentioned that average centipawn loss tends to increase as a result of complexity, so it doesn't provide a very good "benchmark" of playing skills.

However, it seems like if there were a measure for complexity, that a ratio of centipawn loss to this game complexity metric could provide a decent benchmark.

Thoughts?

@jamskahler said in #1:

Hey there, so I was curious if there were a metric out there to measure "game complexity".

You might be interested in Chris Goldammer's chess complexity analysis: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/ccrs6j/a_tool_that_tells_you_how_sharp_a_chess_position/

what do you mean?

More positions when there is literally only 1 move and anything else loses = more complex.

thanks anyway

There is no unique measure for it.

no there is.

COMPLEXITY .... page 3/13. @jamskahler
https://lucaschess.pythonanywhere.com/static/pdf/english/advanced_info_%20in_LC8.pdf
https://lucaschess.pythonanywhere.com/downloads

See post #12 in the link below ...
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/lucas-chess--analysis-stats

why can't we just close this blog.

Think of the space you and I move around in every day ... there are rules ...

Then there is chess-space ... what does it look like ... certainly it has rules ...

Etc, etc, etc ...

If you find the answer, please let us know.