Chess Will Never Be Solved. Why?

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not_cl0ud

I don't think chess will be thoroughly solved because 1 move like h3 on the first move can spread into millions on blunders, mistakes, or maybe even traps and advantages! I think it will not be 100% solved because there are around 80 moves you can do after e4, and combined with what your opponent does, solving chess will be simply impossible. See, chess has lasted at least 100 years, and not all tactics have been solved. Obviously, all the even weirdest moves in the opening have been analyzed, like white moving all the pawns to the third file! Weird! But even that is analyzed. But even so, has checkmate ever shown itself on the board and been analyzed? What position will that end up being? What piece will you ever checkmate with? This is all impossible to think about, and all moves go so deeply that sometimes even the most simple positions will never be solved.

There are millions of possibilities that even the human invented chess might remain a mystery...

In practice, however, chess cannot be solved because it’s beyond the capacity of any human mathematicians and beyond the capabilities of computers. There are 10120 potential variations of games in chess and around 10^43 (1E43) different potential positions on the board. To fully solve chess, every single one of these must be compared against the other.

not_cl0ud

it will at least take a million years lol

not_cl0ud

We never know...

Ubik42
Nimzovitch solved chess in the margins of the manuscript for “My System”, but they removed it before publication for obvious reasons.

True story.
not_cl0ud
Ubik42 wrote:
Nimzovitch solved chess in the margins of the manuscript for “My System”, but they removed it before publication for obvious reasons.

True story.

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Fire

it will if you go in beta mode it can

not_cl0ud
PoggingPoggers wrote:

it will if you go in beta mode it can

can?

can what

1c6O-1

4 moves have 300 billion possibilities, chess is a complicated game wink.png

mrfreezyiceboy

maybe, but in the 21st century, new AI and computers are being developed at a blisteringly fast pace. chess could be solved already by the end of this century

NikkiLikeChikki
There is a dumpster fire of a thread that’s almost as old as I am that is about half discussing every possible nuance of this issue, and half insults. If you have the stomach for it, you can search “chess is a draw” and look for the steamy stench wafting above it.
not_cl0ud
1c6O-1 wrote:

4 moves have 300 billion possibilities, chess is a complicated game

Yes

not_cl0ud
NikkiLikeChikki wrote:
There is a dumpster fire of a thread that’s almost as old as I am that is about half discussing every possible nuance of this issue, and half insults. If you have the stomach for it, you can search “chess is a draw” and look for the steamy stench wafting above it.

lol

Ubik42
Unlike most posts, NikkikkeChikki’s actually WILL age well.
not_cl0ud

Mm-hm!

not_cl0ud
Ubik42 wrote:
Unlike most posts, NikkikkeChikki’s actually WILL age well.

Heh lol

not_cl0ud

Bump!!

not_cl0ud

Bumpee

not_cl0ud

KO

M1m1c15
People are ignoring you for a reason
not_cl0ud

Yeah...