▁concept , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁stronger ▁player ' s ▁higher ▁imagination ▁and ▁combin ative ▁power ▁( or , ▁in ▁other ▁words , ▁his ▁Wille ▁zur ▁M acht ) ▁which ▁decided ▁the ▁outcome ▁of ▁the ▁game ; ▁this ▁was ▁explained ▁by ▁Richard ▁R ét i . ▁Tra ité ▁des ▁Am ateurs , ▁however , ▁also ▁diff ers ▁from ▁Phil idor — not ▁concerning ▁the ▁general ▁idea ▁of ▁the ▁" natural ▁laws " ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁but ▁on ▁the ▁evaluation ▁of ▁White ' s ▁move ▁advantage . ▁According ▁to ▁Phil idor ▁( as ▁reported ▁in ▁the ▁Tra ité ), ▁White ' s ▁initial ▁advantage ▁was ▁enough ▁to ▁guarantee , ▁with ▁perfect ▁play , ▁the ▁win ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁player . ▁The ▁authors ▁of ▁the ▁Tra ité , ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁disag re ed ▁and ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁advantage ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁first ▁move ▁would ▁only ▁give ▁( with ▁perfect ▁play ) ▁a ▁temporary ▁initi ative ▁to ▁the ▁first ▁player ; ▁a ▁game ▁correctly ▁played ▁by ▁both ▁sides ▁was ▁always ▁dest ined ▁to ▁be ▁drawn . ▁ ▁As ▁an ▁example , ▁the ▁intro duct ive ▁section ▁of ▁Chapter ▁IV ▁( G ames ▁in ▁which ▁no ▁O dd s ▁are ▁given ) ▁in ▁G . ▁Walker ' s ▁translation ▁states : ▁The ▁combinations ▁being ▁end less , ▁it ▁is ▁clear ▁that ▁the ▁winning ▁or ▁losing ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁between ▁players ▁equal ▁in ▁point ▁of ▁skill , ▁must ▁depend ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁bad , ▁or ▁what ▁amounts ▁to ▁the ▁same ▁thing , ▁the ▁first