some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@lemmy.world · 2 years agoIn world first, Russian chess player poisons rival’s board with mercuryarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square141linkfedilinkarrow-up1833arrow-down114cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareAlolanYoda@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years agoI bet all the people who said “chess is a solved game” are feeling really silly right now
minus-squarevxx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoPeople that say that should always feel silly because chess isn’t solved.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoFYI endgame tablebases (strong solutions) have been found for all three- to seven-piece endgames, counting the two kings as pieces.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoCorrect. It is interesting to know just how unsolved.
minus-squareours@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThey’re thinking out of the box now. Or out of the board.
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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.
They’re thinking out of the box now. Or out of the board.
Out of the window.