Originally posted by abhilegend
Kobra has beaten Batman FWIW. One thing is that Superman beat Kobra in Batman's body while he was in a weaker body than his kryptonian depowered body which was durable enough to survive re-entry without any aid and survived the firepits of apokolips while being depowered.Batman beats superman in h2h though.
A chess match can go either way.
Honestly this is Batman's fight to lose in all situations.
The only advantage Superman's super reaction speed grants him in the chess match is the ability to look over every possible move. It still comes down to him recognizing the moves or what Batman is trying to do.
FYI this something Batman generally does in a few seconds anyway. So even if Superman could take one second to figure out every possible move Batman is trying to make Batman will still do something similar in a similar time frame. That's just something Bruce does anyway and based on comicbook niches would probably out maneuver Superman anyways.
I think the fight has been pretty much covered in that Bruce still wins.
Heck Superman might end up being weaker in a fight with his Super reaction times. His mind is going to be processing things fast but in the end his body is ever going to get one of those signals and execute it at a time. Which means he is always going to have synch up what his body is doing with the thought he wants it to do in the time fram it's in.
Also once he commits to a move that's it he won't be able to make any large adjustments after that.
So what will probably end up happening is that thanks to Batman's Superior skill and quickness he will still out perform Superman. Also once again Batman is generally fast enough to quickly read body motion in real time thanks to his training that once Superman does something Batman will still have the reflexes and time to react like he normally does. Superman will end up spending an entire lifetime watching a move come at him that he won't be able to avoid.