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Subject: Re: What ELO is perfect chess?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:11:56 02/25/02

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On February 25, 2002 at 14:36:12, Olaf Jenkner wrote:

>>>
>>>How does this perfect player manage to avoid ever getting the black pieces?
>>
>>Lucky.  But remember, there is only one perfect player in my assumption.  And
>>if he plays white (assuming white wins) then he wins.  If he plays black, then
>>assuming white makes one mistake (and he must since he is not perfect) then
>>black at least draws and probably wins.
>
>In my opinion nobody ever proved that chess is not a win for black.
>Maybe it's doable but a lot of work.
>
>OJe


I agree.  Hence my "if".  Although I doubt it is true.  That would mean the
game starts off in Zugzwang, which seems like a stretch.



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