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Magic of Chess holds so that, also intense is our concentration, major our analysis, clear-sighted our vision of the game, we do not menage to exhaust its infinite richness. However the "Noble Game", if it remains unattainable with the pinnacle of its perfection, adaps, good child, to the level of each one and lends itself ready to an exploitation in minor mode. Yes, we reach an intense joy to detect a pretty move and, one moment, dazzled by our own intelligence, which seems to irradiate the chessboard, our hand very nearly trembles when we seize the piece which we have decided to play and pose it on the suitable square. Then, the mirror swivels and our adversary, fighting in its turn a memorable battle of the spirit, produces a seizing counterpart... And this game of comings and goings continues endlessly, such a well regulated ballet, such the haunting oscillation of an immaterial pendulum. Thus is established, at the mercy of alternation of the moves, an advance mid-term between mediocrity and sparkling gleams, where, the inadequacy of the answers has equal only impertinence of the questions. Similar considerations are neither free poetry nor verbal delirious, but testify to some swift observations, in the course of the chessboard.
*** A STRATIFICATION QUASI UNTIL THE INFINITE ***
*** AN ARMY OF RODENTS
*** SPECULATIVE STUDIES AND In fact, it's easy to establish that the widest fields of our present knowledge, even when we baptize them with the pompous name of theory, concern mainly pure speculations, whereas the only certainty we have correspond only to the very narrow field whose analysis was really exhaustive.
*** AN OPENING THEORY On the one hand, including in the very first moves, some innovations appear here or there, which call into question the acquired convictions, on whole sides of our pseudo-knowledge. In addition, the appreciations diverge largely from one theorist to another. He is to only see, in the Informant for example, the contradictory judgements that strongest grandmasters relate to such or such move, such or such line of play, however duly indexed in the theory. One could further push the argumentation by admitting that one day it would be undoubtedly established that: 1.Nf3 is the strongest beginning for White. That would change the deal of Opening Theory in a very radical way. However, probably this never occur; but how to know?
*** AN HIGHLY SPECULATIVE However, in spite of the high number and the quality of players attempting to treat these questions, the use of software increasingly more powerful, the long periods of reflexion made profitable, the innumerable discussions and exchanges of ideas on this subjects, an artistic blur remains, illustrating, as if it was necessary, at which point we are here far from apprehending the subject in its entirety.
*** AN INEXTRICABLE MIDDLEGAME ***
And starts then interminable solitary travel where, no matter what it occurs, no matter what one does, the overwhelming certainty is essential we are tarnish gradually priceless prospects; each adventurous move always moving us away from this optimal line of play, to which we had had the weakness to dream, but whose however mysteries will remain to us hidden forever.
*** AN ARDUOUS ENDGAME ***
*** A SOPHISTICATED AND Who more is, this theory summarizes himself with a whole of postulates, founded on the practice of Grandmasters, by no means unified by a total conceptualization.
*** A REDUCED CERTAINTY ***
*** CHESS AND EXPONENTIAL GROWTH ***
Let us see what it is concerning the chess game. It returns thus to the spirit this beautiful legend where Sissa ben Dahir, the Grand Vizer to Indian King, Shirham, required, as a reward for the invention of this game, that is laid out a grain of corn on the first case of the "Shatrang" (the first version of Chess), two on the second, four on the third etc... such is the exponential growth basic 2. Now, let us seek to make us a very approximate idea of the number of technically playable games, without null concern of the quality of the play and even without refusing stupid moves, provided that they are in conformity with the chess rules. Then, let us admit that, in each position given, one can on average play 16 different moves; such estimation is generally far from the reality. Then let us consider the duration average of games played in 50 moves. Our evaluations are weak, because they hold only moderately account of very long games, exceeding 150 to 200 moves, perfectly concevable between players of the same high level, delivering a pitiless combat, while sparing their forces reasonably.
This provides the number N = 16 to power of 50. But, since 16 = 2 to the power of 4, our estimate, inevitably lower than reality, leads us to retain the number all the same fabulous: N = 2 to the power of 200. One can have a picturesque idea of this number in the following way: take a cigarette paper sheet. Fold it, on itself, once, twice, three times... nothing simpler. The thickness obtained remains very low. But, imagine now that you fold this sheet, on itself, 50 times; which thickness would you obtain? A simple calculation shows that the thickness, in this case, would be higher, largely, to 300 000 km, i.e. the distance from the Earth to the Moon! ... That leaves you think what would give a folding 200 times of your cigarette paper sheet. On a purely comparative basis, humanity represents todays less than 2 with the power of 33 inhabitants. With constant population, one can thus estimate at 2 with power of 38 the number of human over one millenium.
*** SAME IN THE CASE WHERE
*** FINITUDE, COMPLEXITY The hyper complexity resides in spheres of knowledge whose finitude is irreducible, while at the same time it brings into play very great numbers. Thus, the Chess game proceed of an untameable finitude and complexity, whose attractive presence generates the beauty.
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