Re: How long would it take a computer to completely "solve" chess?

From: Guy Macon (http://www.guymacon.com)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 02:05:13 -0700

Sonja Kisa <sonjaaa@gmail.com> says...

>In theory, if you had a superfast computer of the future, you could
>calculate all possible chess games ever, using brute force, in an
>attempt to create a database of all moves, which allows you to have
>perfect play.
>
>I'm curious to know how long it might take today's computers (or a
>team of computers) to reach this goal of completely mapping out all
>the possible branches of the game of chess.
>
>200 years? 2,000 years? 2 million years?

A few minutes, assuming a superfast computer of the future.
Go to http://www.qubit.org/ and click on the "Tutorials"
link at the left to see what a superfast computer of the
future will be able to do.

 

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