Is chess simple or difficult?

@GentjanLici said in #10:
> I hope Carlsen will not kill himself at that point.

He won't. Even if chess is solved in his lifetime, which I highly doubt will happen, there's just no way one can use that solution, it will be impossible to memorize.

@ohcomeon_1
> In theory, yes, absolutely. There is a solution and a clearly defined method for finding it.
That's cool. Is the method just playing out all possible permutations of a board with N amount of pieces?

> I'll give you a concrete example. In that famous game 6 from the Carlsen-Nepo match at some point there was a drawn tablebase position on the board, i.e. a theoretically solved position drawn with the best play from both sides. Yet, Nepo did not manage to save it.
In theory, would either side be winning or losing or drawing? I personally don't believe the first move is enough to guarantee a win. My lame theory is that chess is a draw with perfect play.