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Subject: Re: Game Over but not between human players...

Author: Otello Gnaramori

Date: 23:52:34 06/27/05

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On June 27, 2005 at 23:03:55, Mark Ryan wrote:

>The only way that humans might stop playing chess is if computers "solve" the
>game.  But even then, will humans be able to memorize all the required
>solutions?  Let's say that the "solution" requires a human player to know one
>correct response to two reasonable ("solution") opponent moves on an average
>turn.  And let's say that, on average, a game remains complex for 40 moves.
>That means that a human would need to memorize 2 to power of 40 solutions.
>
>Chess will remain a fascinating challenge for humans for a long, long time.
>
>Mark

The perfect solution is still a "chimera", but nowadays that kind of specialized
computer, like Hydra, are finding the nearest path to it.
That is an impressive milestone for computer science, but nevertheless as we
said the humans will continue to play chess with satisfaction.

w.b.r.
Otello



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