Answers.Body: <p>The answer is currently unknown. If you don't consider the opening (generally the first 8-15 moves or so), strong AI like Stockfish will generally show a clear optimal move in any position, and the majority of openings tend to yield a draw in these computer matches. However, as there are an incredibly large variety of openings, and this number scales exponentially with the number of moves, it is infeasible, at least in the present, for us to find a definitive answer to this question.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Imagine a scenario where you have two perfect players (i.e. they can consider all the possibilities in a very short amount of time and they choose <strong>always</strong> the right movement).</p>
  
  <p>If they decided to play against each other, would all of their games end up on a draw?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: That depends on whether chess is drawn or not with optimal play. Nobody knows that.
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Title: Would games played between two perfect players always end up on a draw?
ThreadText: # Would games played between two perfect players always end up on a draw?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-01-03)
  
  Imagine a scenario where you have two perfect players (i.e. they can consider all the possibilities in a very short amount of time and they choose **always** the right movement).
  
  If they decided to play against each other, would all of their games end up on a draw?
  
  **Tags:** theory
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: That depends on whether chess is drawn or not with optimal play. Nobody knows that.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-01-03. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  The answer is currently unknown. If you don't consider the opening (generally the first 8-15 moves or so), strong AI like Stockfish will generally show a clear optimal move in any position, and the majority of openings tend to yield a draw in these computer matches. However, as there are an incredibly large variety of openings, and this number scales exponentially with the number of moves, it is infeasible, at least in the present, for us to find a definitive answer to this question.
  
  
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