My impression is that draws can still occasionally occur against grandmasters.
And I can get a draw (more than occasionally) against computer programs I have almost no hope of ever winning against. Draws are easy if you do not try to win.
From what I know, at grandmaster level, it is generally considered to be within the white player's power to force the game into a dead-end drawn position, leaving the black no sensible alternative at any step. This is normally considered cowardly play, but it's probably the only way a human could hope for even a draw against a top computer these days.
With black pieces, I doubt that even the most timid play would help against a computer with an extensive opening book, programmed to steer the game into maximally complicated and uncertain positions at every ...
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