I have shown here:syzygy wrote:It is not an opinion but a fact. There have not been any 1-1 openings so far.mwyoung wrote:I respect your opinion.syzygy wrote:And that is exactly what is not happening in TCEC.Lets make an absurd example to show the point. I play GM Carlsen a 6 game match with 6 fixed and very unsound openings. So unsound I am able to win with white every game. And so is GM Carlsen.
And I will let TCEC make my point.
Of course we might yet get openings that are so advantageous for one side that 1-1 is inevitable. But as hgm explained, even if that happens there is no damage. It will be as if TCEC had one round less. There would be no actual skew.
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that borderline, unbalanced openings (roughly 50% White wins and 50% draws, with very few Black wins) are more sensitive in discerning the strength difference, especially in TCEC conditions, where the draw rate from balanced openings can reach 90%. In both BayesElo and Davidson draw models. TCEC is right using unbalanced positions.