Editing Strategy-stealing argument (section)

== Chess ==
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There is a class of [[chess]] positions called [[Zugzwang]] in which the player obligated to move would prefer to "pass" if this were allowed. Because of this, the strategy-stealing argument cannot be applied to chess.<ref name="ant">{{citation
 | last1 = Bishop | first1 = J. M.
 | last2 = Nasuto | first2 = S. J.
 | last3 = Tanay | first3 = T.
 | last4 = Roesch | first4 = E. B.
 | last5 = Spencer | first5 = M. C.
 | editor-last = Müller | editor-first = Vincent C.
 | contribution = HeX and the single anthill: Playing games with Aunt Hillary
 | doi = 10.1007/978-3-319-26485-1_22
 | pages = 369–390
 | publisher = Springer
 | series = Synthese Library
 | title = Fundamental Issues of Artificial Intelligence
 | volume = 376
 | year = 2016| isbn = 978-3-319-26483-7
 | url = https://philpapers.org/archive/BISHAT-3.pdf
 }}. See in particular Section 22.2.2.2, The Strategy-Stealing Argument, [https://books.google.com/books?id=MZFPDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA376 p.&nbsp;376].</ref> It is not currently known whether White or Black can force a win with optimal play, or if both players can force a draw. However, virtually all students of chess consider White's first move to be an advantage and White wins more often than black in high-level games.