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I didn't know that anecdote. The point that a perfect chess engine would not necessarily be hard to play a draw against (until you accidentally play a losing mo

I didn't know that anecdote. The point that a perfect chess engine would not necessarily be hard to play a draw against (until you accidentally play a losing move) is one that many people miss. Although it could of course use some strong existing engine to pick a move in drawn tablebase positions. I assume Stockfish already does that.

Sesse__ 2y ago
> Although it could of course use some strong existing engine to pick a move in drawn tablebase positions. I assume Stockfish already does that. This is commonly called “swindling” and Stockfish does not do it. There are other engines that do (you do a normal search where the losing moves are never considered, and then pick the best one from there).