If he’s allowed to choose black or white, he could force Kasparov to play himself. Each loop he just includes whatever Kasparov did at the end of the chain last time. Eventually, this will result in a guaranteed win. He just needs to then reverse the side and replay.
While that’s a good idea, I’m not convinced your conclusion is correct. But maybe I’m just missing something. Why would they eventually arrive at a win, and not a draw?
There might be some complexity in a draw. You might need to get creative at that point. The question is, would he play himself to a draw, or to a win for 1 side.
It’s a common stage trick though. A single "master plays 11 games of chess at once. He’s actually just playing 1, against the weakest player. All the rest are paired off, and he just transfers their move across.
That sounds really cool as a concept, but doesn’t that require 1. An even distribution of black and white, and 2., doesn’t that guarantee a 50/50 winrate on the event?
It does, though winning 7 out of 13 games of chess is still quite an achievement, particularly when the players are of a very high level.
Finally a chess joke I understand. When Kasparov and Karpov played their tournament, it was identical openings each and every time with things getting different only in mid game at which point the win or loss was already in motion.
I got really good at chess from memorizing this tournament published in the newspaper at the time. It was the exact same game over and over with a single tiny variation that resulted in a win or a loss.
I’m no chess genius, but surely he could explain the situation to Kasparov and politely ask him to lose on purpose. Is he a dickhead or something?
Assuming Kasparov doesn’t remember each loop, I’d assume he’s probably just going to think you’re coming up with some excuse to either beat him or get out of having to playing the game.
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