obviously you cant just repeat the moves of the opponent and get a draw. Think of moves like the queen moving into an open space undefended how could black mirror that move without losing the queen. mirroring the other player would lose every time.
Can white avoid a draw in chess?
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While following Anand's sequence of draws on the Corus Tournament, i was wondering whether someone playing as black can force a draw by just repeating white's moves (say a player that just needs a draw to win a big match).
I figure that with white's first-move advantage, he would be able to check black at some point, which would make him do a different move, but would that be enough to force a win?