I've been watching chess engines, which now play at the 100× Grandmaster level, play chess a lot lately.

This got me to thinking about how politics can be played a bit like chess.

I don't know how just the analysis is, but it's interesting to think about how "getting advantage" on politics involves (1) gaining political support for one's policies; (2) currying money in states that allow fungibility of political power; (3) making moves that benefit people.

It's fascinating to think that moves are make to support (1) and (2) that hurt or do not help (3), and a lot of politics is about passing on moves that hurt (3) while not giving up (1) and (2).

It's fascinating to watch the superhuman chess engines evaluate and score the best move and 2 principal variations.

As the engines are so strong now, you can learn a lot by watching a great engine play against a weaker engine, esp. when the less strong one "makes mistakes".