Superman vs Reed Richards (Chess)

Originally posted by janus77

We play chess against computers with multi-cores and ghz of processing speed, yet we still beat them.

"We"? o_o

You mean grandmaster chess players, or the general public chess enthusiast? Beating something like Chessmaster isn't saying much, because that program is designed to be a trainer for human beings, not tear them to shreds...

Against the strongest chess engines, grandmasters struggle for the draw now.

The only time a human really has a shot of winning against a serious engine, is in an "odds" match, or a handicap match.

Originally posted by cdtm
"We"? o_o

You mean grandmaster chess players, or the general public chess enthusiast? Beating something like Chessmaster isn't saying much, because that program is designed to be a trainer for human beings, not tear them to shreds...

Against the strongest chess engines, grandmasters struggle for the draw now.

Originally posted by Golgo13
That would play in Superman's favor, too. It's not like he can't study (at super speeds) all the moves available to him. lol at Reed beating Superman easily.

Originally posted by Black bolt z
Superman can stufy all the moves available to him. Reed could probably know all the moves available to him the moment superman moves his piece.

Point is that they both would know all the moves, so it would be stalemate at best.

Originally posted by Golgo13
Point is that they both would know all the moves, so it would be stalemate at best.

Originally posted by Black bolt z
Reed would be so far ahead of clark its not even funny.

Not the way Superman would process the info. Who's to say he doesn't do it right away?

Reed would observe Superman processing ALL the permutations available on the board, then find a pressure point on Superman's head, smack him one and smile as Superman is paralysed and unable to make a move.

Either that or Doom kills Superman because he thinks it an affront that his one and only rival stoops to playing chess with a hairless ape!

Originally posted by Golgo13
Not the way Superman would process the info. Who's to say he doesn't do it right away?

Originally posted by Black bolt z
How does superman process info? Fast? He does it faster than Reed. He by no means does it better than reed.

Him understanding how every nut and bolt of the Miracle Machine works in mere seconds makes me believe he can do the same to a game like Chess. just my opinion.

Originally posted by Golgo13
Him understanding how every nut and bolt of the Miracle Machine works in mere seconds makes me believe he can do the same to a game like Chess. just my opinion.

On a side note isnt reeds mind similiar to his ultimate incarnation in that his mind is as maleable as the rest of his body?

So at the end, Reed wins, and take over DC, Ima right?

Originally posted by Golgo13
Him understanding how every nut and bolt of the Miracle Machine works in mere seconds

Reed solos.

The wanking on both sides.... Jesus.

In the end, its superman fans vs superman haters with a couple people making sensible arguments.

Originally posted by Blight
The wanking on both sides.... Jesus.

In the end, its superman fans vs superman haters with a couple people making sensible arguments.

Reed in 2 moves.

Originally posted by Mindset
He didn't.

He understood enough to build a working, one use version though.

Not too bad for a glance.

Yup, great memory.

Originally posted by cdtm
He understood enough to build a working, one use version though.

Not too bad for a glance.

Didn't Superman build a tesseract in Godfall?