Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 08:48:26 03/17/00
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On March 17, 2000 at 10:36:02, Graham Laight wrote: >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. > >This is true. I am basing the assumption on the general observation that the >higher the standard of play, the higher the proportion of draws. > >>> >> >>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 > >Eh? What??? > >This sounds like nonsense to me! How did friend of Billy Graham (FOBG) "work it >out"? Has FOBG put his work into the public domain? When did FOBG carry out this >"divine" piece of work? Why do GMs who play black continue to lose? Why don't >they just sit and "work it out" like good old FOBG did? Is FOBG God? Who has >verified the work of FOBG? Why is the work of FOBG accepted without question? If >FOBG is God, how was this discovery communicated to the human community? Is FOBG >> God? Is Kasparov > God? Is Kasparov just toying with us when he plays black >and fails to win? Is the whole of chess a great psychological ploy to keep us >all from real mischief? What about the team of mathematicians who worked out a >way to see 30-40 moves ahead using formulae about 3 years ago - wouldn't they >have discovered this forced win? Isn't 34 moves almost within range a DB, if >left for a year or so? Would FOBG go to any lengths for some publicity? > >All these questions must be answered... > >-g > >>the forced mate for 34 moves. Interestingly 1.d4 d5?? actually loses for Black >>(1.d4 d6? is a draw). Mum's the word: actually Frederic met FOBG while he was in the States last month. FOBG had been working on the problem for more than two decades (one of his nephews is as a matter a fact on the team of mathematicians you mentioned) and is about to have his findings published in one of the forthcoming issues of *Science* titled _Finality of Chess_. Pretty depressing, don't you think? P.S. Frederic was pulling your leg a wee bit. Black loses in 54 moves, not 34. Ts, ts. Naughty, naughty. *** Djordje
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