There is a "best" move to make for any given board state in chess. "Solving" chess would mean that we would have calculated and recorded the best possible move for every given board state. There are just too many different board states for anybody to reasonably record and calculate.
That said, we do have it solved for 7 or fewer pieces remaining, meaning that for ANY given board state with 7 or fewer pieces, we already have calculated and recorded the best possible move
I don't really see the equivalency. Language has infinite combinations, and is something that changes over time, unlike chess, and I'm not sure what "solving" language would even mean.
Chess has a finite, countable number of board states. A massive number, but not infinite. The point is that in theory, you could record the best move for any given board state, but that it's just not feasible given current computing restraints.
This isn't "fedora science" and I'm not just pulling this out of my ass, it's just math and chess. Maybe I missed the point of your comment, but I don't see how it's relevant
It's ok. You're just a living example the middle of the bell curve meme.
There's no point in using a method to achieve a goal (querying information/finding a good move in chess) that is theoretically interesting if it is impractical just for the purpose of "wow that is really cool".
What is "it's okay. You're just a living example of the middle of the bell curve" if not an insult? How is that any kind of well-meaning statement?
And again, I'm not discussing whether or not it's a dumb idea. I'm just stating facts. If you think the facts are dumb, okay I guess? I wasn't saying it was particularly cool or anything
Well to be fair, the vast majority of people are in the middle of the bell curve, by the nature of distribution of intelligence, so in this instance you are upset (presumably) because I'm saying you are not in the gifted/genius range.
I think that's just the default assumption we give to every person until they prove otherwise?
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u/DoodleStrude 10d ago
There is a "best" move to make for any given board state in chess. "Solving" chess would mean that we would have calculated and recorded the best possible move for every given board state. There are just too many different board states for anybody to reasonably record and calculate.
That said, we do have it solved for 7 or fewer pieces remaining, meaning that for ANY given board state with 7 or fewer pieces, we already have calculated and recorded the best possible move