it will at least take a million years lol
Chess Will Never Be Solved. Why?

True story.

True story.

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

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.