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Subject: Re: Solving Chess ... Refute this, and I might listen to ya...

Author: Tony Hedlund

Date: 06:55:41 01/21/05

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On January 20, 2005 at 12:55:37, chandler yergin wrote:

>On January 20, 2005 at 11:18:16, George Tsavdaris wrote:
>
>>On January 20, 2005 at 10:51:26, chandler yergin wrote:
>>
>>??????????????????
>>Your logic is.............
>>
>> Connect-4 7x6 has been solved (~10^14 positions), without the need of a huge
>>computer to search every possible move. Why not in Chess too? Or why not another
>>non brute-force way? Or why not a clever brute-force way that will not need an
>>asteroid computer or any other nonsense you said.........
>
>
>I like busting bubbles.. yanking chains...
>Let's talk "definitions" for a moment...
>
>The Question of "whether or not God exists" is a Philosophical Question.
>
>Would you agree?

Not necessarely. According to Stephen D Unwin (http://www.stephenunwin.com/)is
the probability of Gods existens 67 percent.

He used Thomas Bayes Theorem from 1763 to calculate it.
(http://www.gametheory.net/Dictionary/People/ThomasBayes.html)

You can probably calculate the probability to solve chess with it.

Tony



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