Caveat: Solved if you have access to massive compute power and a finely tuned algorithm.
It’s not solved for the average player.
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drmoose@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Chess is a solved game which is not a fit tool for evaluating intelligence.
Speculater@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Miaou@jlai.lu 4 weeks ago
It’s arguably not solved at all. If it were, we would know whether white can always win or whether black can always draw, and that’s still unknown.
drmoose@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Thats not what solved means in this context but chess people are so offended that’s its impossible to ever discuss this so sure whatever.
JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
It’s definitely not solved. Even stockfish has been beaten by more advanced AIs, and there is always the possibility of making even better ones.
Also, humans can’t solve it on their own. With time constraints a human player is unable to make a “perfect” move every time.
drmoose@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Nah in game terms chess is absolutely a solved game. Some meme edge cases do not invalidate that.
svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
[citation needed]
drmoose@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame_tablebase#Lomonos…
The only argument for “chess is not solved” is because of sheer math number but its a flawed argument as any game with sufficient amount of positions would be considered unsolved.
So for all practical intents and purposes - chess is a solved game but people are too attached to admit it.