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I play an ideal move in a solved position, and you play a less-than-ideal move in response, I have already gained an advantage. That assumes the less-than-idea
by chongli 5y ago
I play an ideal move in a solved position, and you play a less-than-ideal move in response, I have already gained an advantage.
That assumes the less-than-ideal move stays within your preparation. If, on the other hand, you dismissed that move during preparation because of its sub optimal evaluation then I have succeeded in getting you out of prep and into a middle game with a small disadvantage but potentially a lot of play. If I can then steer the game down a very sharp line then your small advantage means a lot less due to the dynamics of the position.
- in3d 5y agoYour response doesn’t apply to truly solved positions.
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- Someone 5y agoIt does. There are plenty of truly solved positions that very, very few humans, if any, can play optimally. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame_tablebase#Applications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame_tablebase#Applications and https://tb7.chessok.com/articles/Top8DTM_eng https://tb7.chessok.com/articles/Top8DTM_eng have some examples. Certainly, no human player knows how to play all of these.
- in3d 5y agoYou talked about the opening but now you’re linking to endgame tablebases? Not at all comparable.