Author: Dan Kiski
Date: 05:41:15 03/17/00
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On March 17, 2000 at 07:21:12, Frederic Friedel wrote: >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). I always new d4 e5 was a win for black, just couldn't prove it. Dan Kiski
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