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Subject: Re: "chess" cannot be solved

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 02:29:36 01/16/05

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.

What if there is no formal proof of the result with perfect play but every game
between top programs ends in a draw?

I think that this type of situation can happen for games and at that point
the solution has no practical value

For example consider the following position

[D]5rk1/5ppp/8/8/8/8/5PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1

I do not expect it to be proved as a draw in the near future but I also will be
surprised if games between top programs at 120/40 time control will end not in a
draw.

Uri

Re: "chess" cannot be solved Ricardo Gibert 04:34:01 01/16/05
- Re: "chess" cannot be solved Uri Blass 05:09:14 01/16/05
  - Re: "chess" cannot be solved Ricardo Gibert 05:25:31 01/16/05
    - Re: "chess" cannot be solved Mike Hood 05:54:31 01/16/05
      - Re: "chess" cannot be solved Ricardo Gibert 06:19:03 01/16/05
        
        Re: "chess" cannot be solved José Carlos 13:30:55 01/16/05
        
        Re: "chess" cannot be solved Ricardo Gibert 15:48:10 01/16/05
        
        Re: "chess" cannot be solved José Carlos 16:54:55 01/16/05
        
        Correction José Carlos 07:33:16 01/17/05
        
        Re: "chess" cannot be solved chandler yergin 16:30:47 01/16/05
Re: "chess" cannot be solved Alan McCracken 02:53:19 01/16/05
- Re: "chess" cannot be solved Alan McCracken 02:56:37 01/16/05

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