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Subject: Re: how many years do we need to practically solve chess?

Author: Dana Turnmire

Date: 05:57:16 02/22/04

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On February 22, 2004 at 08:46:27, Uri Blass wrote:

>On February 22, 2004 at 08:27:55, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>I am not talking about situation when we prove theretical result but about
>>situation when all comp-comp games at 120/40 time control between top programs
>>are drawn.
>>
>>My guess is that we need more than 20 years but less than 50 years to achieve
>>that target.
>>
>>What is your opinion?
>
>I can add that I also mean that by practically solving chess I mean that it will
>be impossible practically for humans to win against chess programs even when
>they get computers to help them.
>
>It does not mean that computers will know to solve every position in chess and
>it is possible that they will not know to evaluate a lot of positions when one
>side is a pawn up but the point is that I believe that when computers search
>deep enough and their evaluation will become better they will not get into the
>situation when they have to go to inferior position when the opponent is a pawn
>up and it is not clear if it is a draw or a win.
>
>Uri

Maybe that's when FRC or some other variation of chess will emerge supreme.



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