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Subject: Re: Computers for Chess only.

Author: Pekka Karjalainen

Date: 02:10:04 11/17/99

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On November 16, 1999 at 23:55:19, Dann Corbit wrote:
>Has the formal solution to checkers put an end to draughts?  Just because a
>machine can solve a problem does not mean that the problem is no longer
>interesting.
>

  Is there a formal solution to checkers?  I thought the game-tree was just
too big for that.  Can you supply a reference, please?

>I suspect that Tic-Tac-Toe is played by as many children as ever before,
> despite the fact that it is a cat's game from the get-go.

  The fact that almost anyone can learn how to play perfect tic-tac-toe does
mean the game has no scope for professional play.  If chess could be solved so
that almost anyone could learn all correct openings and variations by heart
easily, it would affect the game as it is played on the highest levels severely.

  That if is only science fiction, however.  Solving the game is far different
from producing a world champ -class player.



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