Answers.Body: <p>No.  It may be difficult to win against a top GM who is playing for a draw, but it's by no means impossible.</p>
  
  <p>If GM's could <em>always</em> draw at will, we could stop all championship matches once either player won a game, since the outcome would be decided.  But we don't do that, because the outcome is <em>not</em> decided after one player gets one win.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: 1 - is the probability that a GM can (at least) draw (when playing for a draw of course) much higher than that of an IM? 2 - what about superGM vs (non-super)GM?
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Body: <p>I was watching the Candidates recently and noticed that the commentators talking about Wesley So’s last game got annoyed that he was aiming for a draw and didn’t really have any fight in him.</p>
  <p>A draw was agreed after only 20 odd moves, and that got me thinking - if a top grandmaster were to aim for a draw against AlphaZero for instance, would they always manage?
  Can a Grandmaster force a draw?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: do you want to re-ask with superGM? of course answer is still no, but i wonder if the probability is a lot higher with superGM as compared to (non-super)GM
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Comments.Text: It's fine... I think the answer covers that pretty well as well. Guess there's a reason GMs haven't drawn against an engine in ages.
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Comments.Text: About the Alphazero question - see https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/32702/could-a-top-ranked-gm-draw-against-stockfish-using-drawish-opening-lines-in-clas
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Comments.Text: Maybe the slightly more pertinent question is whether a (super) GM can always draw *as white*.
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Comments.Text: @SteveBennett 3 years later done [Can a superGM always draw another as white?](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/45542/can-a-supergm-always-draw-another-as-white)
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Tags: <draw><grandmaster>
Title: Can a grandmaster always draw?
ThreadText: # Can a grandmaster always draw?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-05-04)
  
  I was watching the Candidates recently and noticed that the commentators talking about Wesley So’s last game got annoyed that he was aiming for a draw and didn’t really have any fight in him.
  
  A draw was agreed after only 20 odd moves, and that got me thinking - if a top grandmaster were to aim for a draw against AlphaZero for instance, would they always manage?
  Can a Grandmaster force a draw?
  
  **Tags:** draw, grandmaster
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: do you want to re-ask with superGM? of course answer is still no, but i wonder if the probability is a lot higher with superGM as compared to (non-super)GM  
  > **username_0**: It's fine... I think the answer covers that pretty well as well. Guess there's a reason GMs haven't drawn against an engine in ages.  
  > **username_2**: About the Alphazero question - see https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/32702/could-a-top-ranked-gm-draw-against-stockfish-using-drawish-opening-lines-in-clas  
  > **username_3**: Maybe the slightly more pertinent question is whether a (super) GM can always draw *as white*.  
  > **username_1**: @username_3 3 years later done [Can a superGM always draw another as white?](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/45542/can-a-supergm-always-draw-another-as-white)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2018-05-04. Score: 14 | Accepted answer
  
  No. It may be difficult to win against a top GM who is playing for a draw, but it's by no means impossible.
  
  If GM's could *always* draw at will, we could stop all championship matches once either player won a game, since the outcome would be decided. But we don't do that, because the outcome is *not* decided after one player gets one win.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: 1 - is the probability that a GM can (at least) draw (when playing for a draw of course) much higher than that of an IM? 2 - what about superGM vs (non-super)GM?  
  
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