Harvard Mathematician

A Harvard Mathematician Has Basically Solved an Epic, 150-Year-Old Chess Problem

(ORDO NEWS) — On one level, chess seems like a simple game: 64 individual black or white squares, 16 pieces per side, and two competitors striving for conquest. Dig a little deeper though, and the game offers incredibly complex possibilities, posing challenges to chess theorists and mathematicians that can go unsolved for decades or even centuries. In July 2021, one such challenge was finally solved – at least, up to…