 In 2004 , GM Larry Kaufman expressed a more nuanced view than Adams and Berliner , arguing that the initiative stemming from the first move can always be transformed into some sort of enduring advantage , albeit not necessarily a decisive one . Kaufman writes , " I don 't believe that White has a forced win in Chess . I do however believe that with either 1.e4 or 1.d4 , White should be able to obtain some sort of advantage that persists into the endgame . If chess were scored like boxing , with drawn games awarded by some point system to the player ( if any ) who came ' closer ' to winning , then I believe White would indeed have a forced win in theory . " 
 In 2004 , GM Larry Kaufman expressed a more nuanced view than Adams and Berliner , arguing that the initiative stemming from the first move can always be transformed into some sort of enduring advantage , albeit not necessarily a decisive one . Kaufman <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>writes</mark></a> , " I don 't believe that White <a href='got' title='2'><mark>has</mark></a> a forced win in Chess . I do however believe that with either 1.e4 or 1.d4 , White should be able to obtain some sort of advantage <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>persists</mark></a> into the endgame . If chess <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> scored like boxing , with drawn games awarded by some point system to the player ( if any ) <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>who</mark></a>came ' closer ' to winning , then I believe White would indeed have a forced win in theory . " 
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