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

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 06:54:02 07/31/04

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On July 31, 2004 at 09:31:49, Ernest Bonnem wrote:

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

No it was not proved what's the result with a perfect play, it was only proved
humans, with all their intelligence and their understaning, are not able to
understand the game as much as a computer.

I wrote about that because a lot of poeple think the chess game is draw because
a lot of high level human games are draw ; I think it's stupid :)


>
>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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