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Subject: Othello ? Re: The best response to 1.h3.... according to Shredder8....

Author: Ernest Bonnem

Date: 06:31:49 07/31/04

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Bonjour Vincent !

Where did you find that for Othello  "...a comp prove first player is winning" ?

I know this is true for Gomoku (morpion) but I have never seen that info for
Othello.

On July 31, 2004 at 05:55:08, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>On July 31, 2004 at 01:05:03, Daniel Jackson wrote:
>
>>With balanced play, without error, chess is a draw....what else could it be?
>>
>>If God played God, it would be a draw, as each side would choose the "best"
>>move.
>>
>>I believe this has been solved mathematically. Even if it hasn't, logic dictates
>>a draw. White can't win due to one tempo.
>
>I think ideas like that are totally false, Othello seems draw too, no human
>achieved to prove a side was winning but a comp prove first player is winning,
>same thing for the pawn-game (proved winning for white in CCC) ...
>
>Nothing prove that "the only winning move in chess for white is not 1.b3" !!!
>
>
>(No offense to you Daniel ;) ... but only against some established thinking)
>
>
>>
>>Daniel
>>
>>P.S. 1.h3 is inferior but not a lost afaik.



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