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This antichess game: who is going to win?

I can't tell. It looks like one of those lines of that guy who is trying to solve this game. The main line actually, the one that hasn't been solved yet. For me both sides can win there.
#3 You are right that it is his main line (Line 1 in my labelling)..he said that white advantage is +2.5 though..
The solution of antichess means that computer antichess will cease to be a sport just like computer checkers and computer free gomoku before it.

Human antichess will continue to exist and thrive, maybe even get better due to really deep new theory as long as cheating does not happen.

One funny thing is that even I, a weak player that is probably 1500- (I'm 1600+ because I happened to defeat a 2000+) indeed have a far better win rate as black playing 1...b6 in response to 1.e3. Either people are not too familiar with 1.e3 b6 or there is indeed something deep that 1..b6 is a relatively good response to 1.e3.
12.Nxb6 is compulsory, because 12.Kxg2?? is a black win after b5 axb5 e5 Nxe5 f6 Nxd7 Kg8 Nxf6 Kf8 Nxh7 Rd8 Nxf8 Rxd2 Bxd2 c6 bxc6 a5 Bxa5

looks like white has some advantage after Nxb6, though what do i know
I wanted to note that if 12. Nxb6 the next best move for black, imho, would be 13. Rxf2

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