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).
Losing chess / suicide chess (weakly) solved
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Re: Losing chess / suicide chess (weakly) solved
Very nice!
Ideas=science. Simplification=engineering.
Without ideas there is nothing to simplify.
Without ideas there is nothing to simplify.