A General Chess Discussion Thread?

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Oh, it's not at all. Surely I knew that

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I would like to discuss cheese. Lol But seriously, we should all endeavor to become cheese black belts. Cheese is similar to bacon, without all the cloven hoof implications, in that cheese makes everything better. So we should all know the difference in good cheese, great cheese, and life changing cheese. (Note: there is no bad cheese)

I hope Fras doesn't mind me doing this bit in the chess thread. ☺️

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Here is an interesting question… will chess ever be solved?

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yes but only in the far future. Besides humans will never be able to play like that anyway

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smiley_face10 wrote:

yes but only in the far future. Besides humans will never be able to play like that anyway

I can’t say I agree. The number of possible positions is larger then atoms in the observable universe, and i think games can get very drawish, but just playing an offbeat opening could get the computer into a whole new calculation. Usually there is ~20 possible moves in a position, so if you know math you know that gets really darn big

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shru wrote:
smiley_face10 wrote:

yes but only in the far future. Besides humans will never be able to play like that anyway

I can’t say I agree. The number of possible positions is larger then atoms in the observable universe, and i think games can get very drawish, but just playing an offbeat opening could get the computer into a whole new calculation. Usually there is ~20 possible moves in a position, so if you know math you know that gets really darn big

Yeah it really is that big but if you think about it, the game is already partially solved. If you put max depth stockfish against itself it will always end in a draw...

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this was a pretty tactic. white to play and win

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Qc8+ Rxc8 Rxc8+ Ne8 Bg6 and ggs?

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gotta start with Bg6 otherwise there’s qe8

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Qe8 Qxa8 Qxa8 Rc8+ Qxc8 Bxc8 and I think white is still winning but I get the point

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chesssblackbelt wrote:

gotta start with Bg6 otherwise there’s qe8

Yeah but trading queens while up a piece is not bad either, but yeah I need to play Bg6 FIRST, then Qc8+. My idea is still winning I think tho

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Etymologist35 wrote:

I would like to discuss cheese. Lol But seriously, we should all endeavor to become cheese black belts. Cheese is similar to bacon, without all the cloven hoof implications, in that cheese makes everything better. So we should all know the difference in good cheese, great cheese, and life changing cheese. (Note: there is no bad cheese)

I hope Fras doesn't mind me doing this bit in the chess thread. ☺️

A General Cheese Discussion Thread?

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shru wrote:

Here is an interesting question… will chess ever be solved?

Lmao. I don't know if you're serious but some time ago I created a thread arguing that it has been already.

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Etymologist35 wrote:
shru wrote:

Here is an interesting question… will chess ever be solved?

Lmao. I don't know if you're serious but some time ago I created a thread arguing that it has been already.

I got it from the chess will never be solved here’s why thread with 20k comments or something crazy. You can search it up if you want or I can find link.

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I've seen it and the argument has been ongoing here and on Reddit ad infinitum lol I think we've beat that poor horse to death

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Etymologist35 wrote:

I've seen it and the argument has been ongoing here and on Reddit ad infinitum lol I think we've beat that poor horse to death

The start of the thread was very interesting, but it got old.

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gerge

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Top 3000 globally now. Ima stop the rapid grind when I hit 2400. I think 2500 is maaaaybe possible, but it's just not that fun to grind rapid

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WOW