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The Kasparov time loop (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/[email protected]

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[–] cynar 85 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 months ago

After the match: "How did you know to move your Bishop to B6? The intricacies of the foresight of your play know no bounds against the delicate intentions of my best laid plans."

"I, uh, just had a feeling, ya know, that, yeah, you were gonna go there, and that uh, I should go to G16 to get you there, and that the, uhm, bishop was it?, was probs the best thing to go there, and so yeah I jumped him there and nailed your queen. Yeah."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] cynar 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] cynar 1 points 6 months ago

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.