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by momothereal 1706 days ago
In sufficiently advanced CPU vs. CPU, the Black side would definitely resign on the first move.

However, assuming White has a 10% higher chance of winning in games between 2 Human players, that still leaves a decent margin of error for the White Human side to blunder during the game, so Black CPU wouldn't resign. This is assuming CPU doesn't know about that individual Human's blunder history.

Basically, CPUvCPU would definitely see an instant resign. In HUMvCPU, only the Human should definitely surrender as black. A Black CPU will keep playing in case the Human blunders.

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> Black side would definitely resign on the first move.

Glancing at Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-move_advantage_in_ches...

This claim seems ahead of consensus? What evidence tells you that black is lost at move 1 rather than drawn?

It was a thought experiment set by the ancestor post for the purpose of discussion. "Assuming that [...] sees that white can always forcibly win"
Ah right I see