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In article <12609@sail.LABS.TEK.COM> tcmaint@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (-Broadband Network Maintenance) writes:
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>Ok, is chess solvable?

YES !!!!! 

>  I hope we never find out.

We have already found out.

> Enjoyment from the game 
>comes in part from not knowing the out come.

Outcome of what? Of the game? That has nothing to do with solvability. Of your
question above? We know. Of the actual process of solving? We won't know in
forseeable future, but even if computers 'know' it one day, it will still be
impossible for an OTB player to memorize it.

> Look at its history, the rise
>and fall of openings, ideas, ect. What fun!
>Not only that if chess is solved we won't be having this type of discussion
>now would we? 

Of course we would. You are completely wrong. Even if some supercomputer were 
able to play optimally, it would have little impact on OTB play. Nobody has
ECO in their head, and ECO is just a little piece at the root of the tree of
all possible positions.

>And of course we can not over look the fun in trying solve 
>chess, and beat our opponet.

Solving chess and beating an opponent are just as different as an architect
designing a house and a construction worker connecting two-by-fours.

	Sven