Losing chess / suicide chess (weakly) solved
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 10:31 pm
Mark Watkins has shown that 1.e3! wins.
http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/LOSING_CHESS/
The proof works for both FICS (stalemate = win for side with fewer pieces) and international rules (getting stalemated = win).
http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/~watkins/LOSING_CHESS/
The proof works for both FICS (stalemate = win for side with fewer pieces) and international rules (getting stalemated = win).