some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoIn world first, Russian chess player poisons rival’s board with mercuryarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1831arrow-down114
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minus-squareAlolanYoda@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·4 months agoI bet all the people who said “chess is a solved game” are feeling really silly right now
minus-squarevxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 months agoPeople that say that should always feel silly because chess isn’t solved.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoFYI endgame tablebases (strong solutions) have been found for all three- to seven-piece endgames, counting the two kings as pieces.
minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoSo not solved then.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoCorrect. It is interesting to know just how unsolved.
I bet all the people who said “chess is a solved game” are feeling really silly right now
People that say that should always feel silly because chess isn’t solved.
FYI
endgame tablebases (strong solutions) have been found for all three- to seven-piece endgames, counting the two kings as pieces.
So not solved then.
Correct. It is interesting to know just how unsolved.