Can Chess Be Solved? - Chess Computer vs Human Debate || #AskAChessMaster Episode 3

Chess computer versus human... the everlasting debate in chess. Will chess be solved and what happens when it does?

This is today's entertaining question for the third episode of the #AskAChessMasterShow.

Now, my answer today might surprise you. There's been a lot of talk in the chess world if computers would spell the end of chess competition. It started all the way back when Deep Blue first made its entrance against the former world champion Garry Kasparov in the famous 1996 match.

Though Kasparov may have done well in the first game, the second game gave a great surprise to the chess world as the world champion was defeated for the first time, by a computer under normal tournament conditions. 

So what did this mean for the chess world? There became a speculation that the chess world would be shattered because if a computer ever found the "solution" to chess, chess competition and the such would be one with the past, as no one would want to watch a solved game.

And they were right. The chess world was certainly shattered at that point, and it was definitely changed, but not in the way many people thought. Chess players, ever since, began using engines and computers to help them analyze positions, discover new lines that were never once considered by human players. They began experimenting and testing new things. 

Computers quickly and surely surpassed the skill levels of the greatest chess players to have ever lived, but this change didn't kill the chess world, but instead: invigorated it,  sprouted new ideas, changed the chess world for the better. Even today, new variations, new ideas are being played at the highest of levels, all due to the aid from chess engines. 

But still, even with the most powerful of computers in the modern era, chess hasn't been solved. What would happen if it did? My answer is that it wouldn't matter. 

I made a video to further explain my point in further detail of why it doesn't even matter to begin with. I hope you all enjoy!

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