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[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (7 children)

not to get epistemological,

but I hate that technically there's only a limited number of moves in chess, and therefore the best move is there, maybe there's a strategic where white will always win, but we'll never know because the number of variations likely is larger than atoms in the universe.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

On the lower end of estimates, the number of unique chess board configurations is 10^120, often referred to as the Shannon number. The universe doesn't stand a chance.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

maybe a distant future technology could compute that, Clarktech style

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