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Subject: A computer can play a perfect game??

Author: Larry Oliver

Date: 11:45:24 02/17/00


It is no doubt possible that, with say a two move look ahead, a position could
be reached where one best next move has the exact same evaluation as one or more
others. What does the computer do in such a case, toss a coin?

Is it possible that a position could be reached that has two or more moves that
are evaluated as exactly equal after a twenty move, fifty move, two hundred move
look ahead?

Could a position exist for which two or more moves were evaluated equal after a
number of look aheads that was equal to the number of known particles in the
universe on which to store the evaluations?

If such is the case can a computer in theory ever play the perfect chess game?




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