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bitshiftfacedtoday at 5:12 PM1 replyview on HN

It's kind of an illusion when you think about it. "Whose turn it is" is an inseparable part of the game state. If any move makes the game state worse this turn, then the game state was already bad before this turn.


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stabblestoday at 5:30 PM

It's not necessarily an illusion. If chess is solved and it turns out white wins with perfect play, black's first move is zugzwang.

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