Chess.com
@chesscom · Sep 4, 2026
There are more possible chess games, by about 40 orders of magnitude, than atoms in the observable universe. To solve chess, you'd have to map them all. Good luck.
Elon Musk@elonmusk· Sep 4, 2026@chesscom Chess is hard for humans, but not for computers. One day, it will be fully solved like checkers.
Between now and then, or even after, have fun. People enjoy many games/sports where machines are vastly better.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Wrong, all legal chess positions are ~40 oom less than the estimated atoms in the Universe. And ASI will figure out ways to solve and compress that are far beyond what we could possibly comprehend.
(Here I am arguing with some random intern at a chess website 🤦♂️)
01:35 PM · September 4, 2026 · 264.2K views
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