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Would a computer be able to assimilate those two words and understand what he meant? I suspect not. And that's the difference between poker and chess. In chess every possible outcome can be analysed if you have enough computing power. In poker there are a lot of unknowns and context is important.



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Yes, in chess, every possible variation could be analyzed, if you have enough computing power. But this is irrelevant to the discussion, since noone has that kind of computing power, and noone will in a forseeable future. This is not how chess engines defeat grandmasters. They use computer power, yes, but they also have to use heuristics to value positions. Engines do not play perfect chess, just very very good chess.