Author: Alan McCracken
Date: 02:53:19 01/16/05
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On January 16, 2005 at 05:29:36, Uri Blass wrote: >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 Let's keep it very simple;-) [D]7K/8/k1P/7p/8/8/8/8 w Draw
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