What will happen if chess got solved?

@417

"Even if chess got solved, only very powerful engines would play perfectly."
++ No. Connect Four has been solved and any human can memorize the solution and play perfectly.

In terms of humans playing chess it wont change anything.

"But you could learn optimal lines and patterns and incorporate them in your classical repertuar"

Right now you can learn from SF16 any line you want and apply it, like is being done in master level play. It's enough to beat any human. Players often don't even choose the optimal lines but rather something they find practically tricky.

You can have multiple perfect games memorized but once your opponent finds a move thats deviates but is practically good, you're on your own.

@421

"once your opponent finds a move thats deviates but is practically good, you're on your own"
++ You always get to a point where you are on your own, but the deviating move may be an error allowing you to win. You can be confident you made no mistake.

Chess is way more complicated than connect four. It has almost infinite positions.

@423

"Chess is way more complicated than connect four." ++ Yes

"It has almost infinite positions." ++ There are 4.82*10^44 legal chess positions, 3*10^37 possible from 1 box of 32 chess men, and 10^38 from a luxury box of 32 chess men + spare black & white queens. For a weak solution of chess 10^17 are relevant.

To memorize a weak solution after it is found, it is not necessary to memorize 10^17 positions, but some strategic rules derived from the solution.

Allis showed perfect Connect Four play with 9 strategic rules. For Chess it will be more.

Sure but the point is that this is already the case with engine prepared lines when playing against humans.

424 and what about if you can have infinite queens, like on Chess.com? It would be way more.

@426

"infinite queens" ++ There can be no more than 18 queens: 9 white and 9 black.
If both sides play perfectly, then there will be no more than 2 white and 2 black queens.
Here is an example perfect game with 4 queens.
https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1360139

I said infinite, because you can get a queen for every pawn you promote. I did not really mean infinite.

Tygxc why are you trying to mislead new people when literal mathematicians have debunked your claims?

@Jokey all you’ve said is “hmmm” “interesting” “yup” “now it’s getting complex”

You Have Any Theories.

I agree with @Sacrifycedstoat

If chess were solved:

Games would end in draws with perfect play.
Competitions might lose excitement.
Chess theory might become obsolete.
New variants or games might gain popularity.

Are you talking about bots? 150? I don't get it.

Your giving your opponents too much credit lol they may know how the pieces work but they don't know how they move sure they can create tactics but they usually aren't good tactics if they are it's typically lucky

If chess were solved, it would likely always end in a draw with perfect play from both sides. The game would become less about strategy and more about following known moves, reducing its excitement and variety. It would also show how powerful AI can be in solving complex problems.

No it would not. Stockfish already provides anything you need for preparation because it's well strong enough for human chess. The rate of preparation wouldnt change whether you follow stockfish or a solved line.

I also don't believe the difference in knowledge would result in more draws either. Even today top players would rather not follow top lines because they're drawish - they go for suboptimal but practically tricky for the opponent.