Author: Alan McCracken
Date: 02:56:37 01/16/05
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On January 16, 2005 at 05:53:19, Alan McCracken wrote: >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/k1P5/7p/8/8/8/8 w > >Draw
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