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Would a perfect game of chess end the same way every time?

As it stands right now, there are computers that can play chess, however, they do not play perfect games. If there were a computer playing a perfect game against itself, would the game play out the same way every time and have the same outcome? Would it be some sort of paradox?
gpt
By definition, if a game is "solved" that means that the *outcome* of a game of perfect play is known in advance--where "outcome" means that either white wins, or black wins, or draw.

The exact move sequence need not be the same every time. If chess is solved and it turns out that white wins, what that means is this: At any point in the game (given past perfect play), then *any* move that black makes, white has a response that guarantees victory (given future perfect play). There's lots of different moves that black can take, but none of them will stop white from winning (or even causing a draw). Any game states that could force a draw, white is always capable of avoiding.