"chessisbest" wrote

Has chess openings been solved? In other words has it been determined
what the single best response is to each position that can occur in say
the first 10 moves of a game?

"White wins in X moves against any defense" results in what
computer scientists call a "combinatorial explosion:" There are
simply too many combinations of possible moves. All you can
do is investigate winning lines of play. ("White loses in X moves"
is easy.)

--
Craig Franck

Cortland, NY