Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 00:39:06 05/20/05
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On May 20, 2005 at 03:31:01, jefkaan wrote: >ok, this is a provocative hypothesis: > >with Moore's law, it might take only a few hundred >years to solve chess. the winning lines start with 1.e4. >the number of positions which have to be 'solved' >are not so much as most people think, because of >transpositions, and inferior lines. >while there are anti-computer strategies, >they will not work i the end because >it is not perfect chess playing. > >if the above statement is not correct then >chess is a draw and 1.c4 is a good opening. > >jef Chess is a draw, and we don't need to solve the game to give evidence for this. Most games with a single rook pawn extra is 99% of the time a draw. There is plenty of antidotal evidence chess is a draw. If chess wasn't a draw there would be far more White wins, but alas there are now far more draws, even in long time controls. Ever wonder why?
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