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

From: Guy Macon (http://www.guymacon.com)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:57:21 -0700

David Bandel <dwb1729@yahoo.com> says...

>I agree. I've given the problem some thought during the past few days
>and I don't really see a way in which a computation which involves a
>tree could be executed significantly faster on a quantum computer.

I believe that Grover’s algorithm applies to some sorts of trees,
but whether chess is one on them is not clear.