Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:19:48 01/12/05
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On January 12, 2005 at 20:04:27, chandler yergin wrote: >On January 12, 2005 at 19:56:25, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On January 12, 2005 at 19:37:29, Steve Maughan wrote: >> >>>Dann, >>> >>>>Things that seem impossible quickly become possible. >>> >>>I recon about 300 years before a computer will solve chess. This assumes >>> >>>1) 10^120 possible positions >> >>This is far, far too large. Chess positions have been encoded in 162 bits, >>which puts an absolute upper limit at 10^58 (and it is probably much less than >>that). >> >>>2) Alpha-beta cutting this down to 10^60 sensible positions >> >>The incorrect first assumption renders this and all following assumtions as >>moot. > > >It's NOT an "assumption!" >THAT, is YOUR error! > >YOUR Ass-umptions that follow are ludicrouos! Not only is it demonstrably and obviously incorrect, the proper result is well known and has been known for decades. Furthermore, no advanced mathematics are needed to grasp it. A simple junior high level understanding should be sufficient.
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