There is an Ideal Opening Move in Chess

There are a finitely limited number of positions in Chess = AgreedThere are finitely many turns in Chess = AgreedThere are only finitely many possible turns in chess. = Which is 1500 but many games end before then. AgreedThe game of chess is finite = Turn wise, Agreed============================================================================There is no chance in Chess = I disagree, Chess is a game of perfection meaning that the one who loses the game is the one who makes the most critical mistakes as the game progresses. A person may THINK they know all of the consequences of a move before they make it but they may be mistaken. Chess is a game of perfect information. = I agree but read below" In chess, both players can see everything relevant to the game on the board before their eyes; there are no hidden variables."There is a difference though in variables being hidden and variables not being recognized.... And in Chess the latter is the key to winning the game. Chess is a game of open information, but whether or not the player can recognize, process, and take into account of that information though makes Chess a game of imperfection. "The player can also guarantee that a move will lead to the desired position because there is no chance."But they cant, and thats the key. In every Chess game there are dozens of move with up to a hundred possibilities in ever ROUND of Chess, and people playing Chess can slip up or simply not notice something due to the sheer number of moves that are available. ============================================================================With each move, the number of accessible game states is reduced. = I disagreeWith Tic Tac Toe, you have 9 possible moves, then 8, then 7, then 6, so on so on. But with Chess one move opens up other moves for the next turn that you have. Heres an example, at the beginning of the game you only have 20 possible moves, 16 of those are by pawns, and the remaining 4 are to the 4 places you can move your 2 knights. If you move a pawn that allows you to move your bishop or your queen though, then on your next turn you have MORE moves to choose from. Chess is a game where the number of moves you can make increases from the beginning, then decreases once pieces start to get eliminated. So Turn NUMBER may decrease by 1 but the turns you can choose from in any turn can increase or decrease dramaticallyLemma 6: With each move, the number of accessible game states is reduced.There is more than one way to access many game states though. If the game state is to have both pawns in front of rooks moved forward be two spaces ahead then there are 2 ways to do so, you can start with the left or the right. Whichever you choose though can lead to the same state. "White can try tracing every path down the tree. If any path leads to a game state in which it is Black's turn and Black has an ideal move, that path is abandoned and a new path is attempted.... If such a tree exists, the resolution is true."But such a tree couldnt exist. Chess is a game that is won by facing an opponent who makes more mistakes then you do, not by making a series of moves that guarantees success because any move can be countered or overlooked by the opponent. Chess is a game of chance because even though all the pieces are in open view, the number of pieces and the number of moves allows for players to overlook, not notice, or underestimate the significance of both their own moves or the opponents. Point is, Chess cannot have such a tree because the number of moves, the number of counter moves, and the randomness of the game is so large that there is no single move that guarantees winning or tying a game of chess. " Any game that is basically finite can eventually be solved by looking at all the possibilities."The Pro's whole argument comes down to this, because there it a limited number of turns one has, like in tic-tac-toe, then there must exist an ideal opening move in chess and that the reason we havent found it yet is because its more complex. But its deeper than that because Chess is limited in the number of turns you have, like tic-tac-toe, but the number of MOVES you can make increases and then decreases through the game, whereas tic-tac-toe only decreases. ============================================================================Lets look at the opening move in Tic-Tac-Toe that guarantees success in the picture below.........................You may have noticed that there isnt a picture..... Thats because Tic-Tac-Toe, like Chess, is a game of making less mistakes than your opponent in order to win. I could play the Pro in a game of tic-tac-toe and put an X in the most ideal spot, and the Con would put his O in the next best spot. But if Im an idiot I may place my next move elsewhere, and thus screwup the ideal sequence of moves needed to win if it allows my opponant, the Con, to counter the ideal move. The same thing works in Chess because I could play the ideal move but screw up later on since Chess is a game built off of people making mistakes and the opponent exploiting it. "A move is considered "ideal" if it enables the player to guarantee a tie or a win." - Pro"There is an Ideal Opening Move In chess" - Resolution of Debate by the Pro Now there could very well be a series of moves that greatly increases a players chance of winning a game of Chess, I will concede that. But there isnt an Ideal move in the OPENING of Chess because1) It does not guarantee a win or a tie, it only increases the odds of it2) The player could make a mistake and then that cold later cause him to lose the game even though he made the "correct" first move3) Any move by one side in Chess can be countered, negated, or even overlooked by the other side which could nullify the ideal set of moves that would increase the odds of winning4) Chess is a game that is won by the imperfection of the opponent and the consequences of their own mistakes, 5) Chess is a game that in the beginning the number of possible moves INCREASES and then starts to decrease. 6) Whether or not a person wins a game of chess doesnt lie in the color of the pieces or the moves they make, it is the person who is playing the game and whether or not he will make more mistakes than their opponent. 7) An ideal move in Chess would only increase the possibility of winning, it would not gurantee a win or a tie. And most importantly7) Any opening move could not guarantee a win or a tie because whether you win or lose it depends entirely on moves made after the opening move. Meaning that even though an ideal opening move may exist, it does not guarantee a tie or a win because of the randomness and chance of the game. There is no ideal opening move in Chess, there only might be an opening sequence of multiple moves that could increase the chances of winning or tying, but there isnt a single, ideal, opening move that guarantees a win or a tie.