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July 25th 07, 03:28 AM posted to rec.games.chess.misc
Kenneth Sloan
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Checkers is solved -Guy Macon
Guy Macon wrote:
Kenneth Sloan wrote:
It's like a computer program that proves that it can always
draw with 1. e4 as White AND CAN ALSO always draw with Black
(after 1. any)...and then help bot comes along and (correctly)
says "this means that chess is 'weakly solved', but not yet
'solved'".
In general, when a game is said to be solved, the default meaning
is usually assumed to be weakly solved.
A matter of taste - which I do not agree with. This is a relatively
recent trend, in my opinion.
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