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Subject: Re: How many of the 300 WAC positions are mates in n?

Author: Robin Smith

Date: 20:36:16 09/10/00

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On September 09, 2000 at 11:17:49, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On September 08, 2000 at 21:00:49, Robin Smith wrote:
>
>>On September 08, 2000 at 11:51:23, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>On September 08, 2000 at 11:26:02, Jari Huikari wrote:
>>>
>>>>On September 08, 2000 at 11:09:25, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Why not move your ass and start testing position by position from
>>>>>the WAC.
>>>>
>>>>I have run some tests with my slow machine and slow program. Would be nice
>>>>to compare the results with those of some good program with faster hardware.
>>>>
>>>>					Jari
>>>
>>>So instead of a run of 2 million lightyears on your computer you
>>>think if we do it in a lightyear less that we qualify more to solve
>>>the openingsposition?
>
>>How will transporting the computer approximately 1.88 x 10^19 kilometers
>>accomplish anything?
>
>It will accomplish the same as the plan to solve the openingsposition
>with nowadays hardware will.
>
>Some cries from excitement from those who don't understand the uselessness
>of it, some others getting excited because it goes a long way...

It was a joke.  The point is that lightyears is a measure of distance, not time.
I understand very well that chess computers can't "solve" chess.  They can't
even solve some relatively simple positions, let alone the start position.



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