Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:41:43 05/09/01
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On May 09, 2001 at 13:33:21, Uri Blass wrote: > >The rules of chess say that the if a game takes more than 9999 half moves both >sides can ask for a draw by the 50 move rule. > >If you do not assume that both opponents are stupid in your calculation then it >is clear that one of them will ask for the draw so you can assume for practical >purpose that it is a draw. Suppose it is a game, for "winner takes all" where if it is drawn, nobody gets a cent? Will you claim the 50-move draw there or will you keep trying to win the pot of gold? Then you see why I say that unless someone proves that chess is won for white or black, which is not going to happen for a few thousand centuries, then I will keep playing. Until the end of time if needed, hoping for my opponent to make a mistake... > >I can prove for a bigger constant that there is not. >The shortest mate is of less than 10^100 plies because every game of 10^100 >plies include repetitions and if there is a mate there is a shorter mate with no >repetitions. > >Uri That doesn't make the length of all possible games finite however.
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