Which side in chess would win if both players played “perfectly”?

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Isn’t chess a “finite” game where no luck is involved? Are computers able to calculate perfect strategies for both players?

And if yes, then which side is at the advantage?

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Theres too many positions and lines to follow. With computers playing the “best lines” it usually leads to a draw.

However, there is some Mathmatician that estimated there are about 10^120 possible chess positions available. Thats 120 zeros. You cant fathom how large that is. Like when a computer calculates millions of moves a second, it comes nowhere close to that number. A million is less than an atom compared to 10^120.

I will add there are some lines the computer will miss, but these are usually very rare circumstances.

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