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Subject: Re: Perfect chess play - and still loses?!

Author: Walter Faxon

Date: 16:22:07 06/19/03

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On June 19, 2003 at 15:13:43, Terry Giles wrote:

>A poser (just for fun)
>
>The perfect chess-playing machine 'Quantum-Chess' amazingly resigned its first
>game after only twenty moves in its match against the current human world
>champion Kay Sar. The Japanese GM opened the game with her favourite g4 and
>after reaching an interesting and apparently equal position 'Quantum-Chess'
>promptly resigned.
>
>Question: Assuming the machine really can play perfect chess, and Kay Sar >(3015 elo) cannot, why did 'Quantum-Chess' resign?

Simple.  Quantum-Chess can play perfect chess, but doesn't know how to play
against imperfect chess.



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