Author: Madhavan
Date: 01:21:27 01/16/05
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On January 16, 2005 at 03:16:27, Bruce Moreland wrote: >To solve a game is to prove the result with best play for both sides. It's a >term with precise meaning. > >Tic tac toe is solved (it's a draw). Connect Four is solved (it's a win for the >first player). Chess and Checkers are not solved. It is theoretically possible >to solve chess, you'd just have to do a very vey deep alpha-beta search. It is >not possible to consider doing this now, and probably won't be for the >foreseeable future. > >So what we are left to discuss is strength in practical play, which has nothing >to do with solving chess. playing the best move for both sides?what are you talking about? how can you determine which one is the best move to select? by running an infinite analysis and making a move?i would suggest you to play some correspondance chess over the net making the best move that can be made for both white and black may not end in draw,in some cases white will have advantage over black can you please post the game that has no slight errors on both sides >bruce
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