... Maximizing the best of the human and the technology is the real victory Hopefully the patient will be the ultimate victor Other lessons from the chessboard Engineering and aviation are well known for their ... doi:10.1186/cc8858 Cite this article as: Brindley PG: Patient safety and acute care medicine: lessons for the future, insights from the past Critical Care 2010, 14:217 ... as a key strategy to improve safety However, the game of chess is probably amongst the oldest examples of simulation, and was likely developed to hone military skills [23] Chess has, therefore,...