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From: ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.games.chess
Subject: Re: Perfect Play?
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Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 09:27:45 EST
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>	IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE LOSER OF THE GAME TO ACTUALLY HAVE
> ACQUIRED LOWER SCORE? IN OTHER WORD, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR THE LOSER TO HAVE
> MADE FEWER DEVIATION FROM A PERFECT PLAY EVEN THOUGH HE LOST THE GAME??

Sure.  For instance:  there might be more than one winning move
from a position; the second-best move is second only in the sense
that it wins less quickly than optimum play.