Comment on Unlike in movies, most smart people aren't good in chess.

• svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  [citation needed]

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  • drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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    • svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solving_chess

      No, the argument for “chess is not solved” is that unless you can tell me whether or not it is possible for white to force a win, then it is - by definition - not solved.

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      • drmoose@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Again “unsolvable” through sheer amount of positions is a cop out because thats boring as fuck. It’s not an interesting game where computational power is the only challenge.

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    • OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I mean, yes. Any game with only a small number of possible moves can be solved with brute force trial and error.

      All unsolved games must have a “sufficient amount of positions” that brute force isn’t an option, and enough complexity that there’s not a cute maths trick to solve it despite the number of moves.

      Chess is one of these unsolved games.

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