Author: Frederic Friedel
Date: 04:21:12 03/17/00
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On March 17, 2000 at 06:00:20, Marc Plum wrote: >It is only an assumption that the result of best play >is a draw. Perhaps if computers do eventually solve the game, it will turn out >to be a forced win for White, or even Black. I don't believe that this is true, >but it can't be completely discounted. > Black wins. A friend of Billy Graham worked it out. The initial position is reciprocal zugzwang. Both 1.d4 and 1.b3 put up the greatest resistance and delay the forced mate for 34 moves. Interestingly 1.d4 d5?? actually loses for Black (1.d4 d6? is a draw).
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