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That would only work for the first few (from around 10 to 20 typically depending on how close people stick to opening book) moves. Conservatively there are wel
by shric 18d ago
That would only work for the first few (from around 10 to 20 typically depending on how close people stick to opening book) moves.
Conservatively there are well over 10 to the 30 positions likely to show up in realistic games.
There are of the order of 10 to the 10 or so games recorded.
Thus well under one in a trillion positions are "known".
- fahrvrgnugen 16d agoIt's much smaller than that. You would be unlikely to find yourself in a novel position after 40 moves even if you were trying.
- traes 15d agoThis is simply blatant misinformation. If you play a game online on lichess and go to the analysis board you can find when your game becomes novel. It will be within 20 turns unless you are intentionally following a known opening. In fact it will likely become unique within 10-15 turns.
- fahrvrgnugen 15d agoIt's not my experience at all. If you find yourself in a novel position within 10-15 moves it's likely a resignable one. Edit: maybe you don't understand what i mean by novel position. I mean any position that has never been reached in the billions of lichess games, including bullet games among beginners. Also yes I will concede that it's possible to make "quiet" moves. pawn nudges that barely affect anything. If you're doing those you're not 1500 ELO. You're intentionally trying to throw wrenches and I just don't see why an ELO bot even needs to bother with nonsense like that. This is supposed to be for fun / training!