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Subject: Re: Drawn GM games for books?

Author: Robin Smith

Date: 15:58:51 03/18/05

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On March 18, 2005 at 10:34:56, Norm Pollock wrote:

>All games contain blunders.

I disagree.

> No person or computer knows how to play the perfect game.

How do you define perfect? I think there probably have been games where the
entire game never left a theoretically drawn state as would be defined by a 32
man tablebase, if one existed. Knowing how to consistently play a perfect game,
and by chance actually playing a perfect game on occaision, are two different
things. So just because no one knows how to do it consistently doesn't mean they
haven't done it. Of course no-one knows for sure, but I would bet even the
following game is "perfect", in the sense that neither side ever has a forced
win:

1.Na3 Na6 2.Nb1 Nb8 3.Na3 Na6 4.Nb1 Nb8 5.Na3 draw

-Robin




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