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Subject: Re: To Uri and Hyatt

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 08:28:33 01/18/05

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On January 18, 2005 at 11:16:39, Madhavan wrote:

>On January 18, 2005 at 11:12:11, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On January 18, 2005 at 10:59:10, James T. Walker wrote:
>>
>>>On January 18, 2005 at 10:47:42, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 18, 2005 at 08:17:27, Madhavan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>i deny that,strongest program running on a faster hardware should not get a draw
>>>>>>>or lose in many games against super grandmasters,if it does then it is
>>>>>>>considered as not solved
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Solution of chess only means that the solver will never lose a match.
>>>>>>It does not mean not getting a draw or a loss.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>then consider there are 5 grandmasters and 1 program playing in the tournament
>>>>>that program is said to be "chess solvable",it does not lose to any of the
>>>>>grandmasters but drew with 2 grandmaster
>>>>>one of the grandmaster drew the machine but won all the game against other
>>>>>grandmasters,then that grandmaster will be declared as event winner,but loses
>>>>>few game in another event then what is your point?
>>>>
>>>>The point is that solving chess does not mean being able to win every
>>>>tournament.
>>>>
>>>>Uri
>>>
>>>
>>>Maybe not but if computers ever solve chess and I doubt it will happen, then
>>>I'll bet no GM will be able to draw a game or else computers will be banned from
>>>all tournaments.  ( Or are they banned already?)
>>>:-)
>>
>>If humans learn the perfect game and repeat it against the chess solver then the
>>chess solver will not be able to score more than 50%.
>
>then what is "chess solver" then why is the term "chess solver" being given to
>the program?

The term means that it knows the theoretical result of the game and can achieve
that result or a better result in a game.

Uri



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