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Subject: Re: "chess" cannot be solved

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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