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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
What is a game that wouldn’t be solvable if you removed most of the pieces and positions?
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.