Body: <p>I am a 2300-rated FM in chess. Sometimes I want to know to know is this: what computing knowledge do you need to solve the game of chess? Does anyone know precisely?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: It's more a matter of the computational complexity of the problem than chess knowledge.  There are so many possible positions that it is unlikely that chess will ever be solved.
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Comments.Text: Even if you solved it, where would you store the data for all of those positions? You'd be forced to "forget it"
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Tags: <software><computer-chess><game-complexity>
Title: What computing knowledge do you need to solve chess?
ThreadText: # What computing knowledge do you need to solve chess?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-08-04)
  
  I am a 2300-rated FM in chess. Sometimes I want to know to know is this: what computing knowledge do you need to solve the game of chess? Does anyone know precisely?
  
  **Tags:** software, computer-chess, game-complexity
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It's more a matter of the computational complexity of the problem than chess knowledge.  There are so many possible positions that it is unlikely that chess will ever be solved.  
  > **username_2**: Even if you solved it, where would you store the data for all of those positions? You'd be forced to "forget it"  
  
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