Go is exptime-complete, so this seems unlikely to be possible.

https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/46526/the-theoretical-complexity-of-go-the-state-of-the-art

"Solved" how? I'm pretty sure we've already reached the level of "beats all humans".

@osmarks In the sense that it's provable what the score will be with perfect play.

@Elspeth Based on maximizing score or based only on forcing a win?

What rule set?

@MartinRandall Score maximization, or equivalently, what komi is necessary for White to win.

Tromp-Taylor or any common ruleset.

@Elspeth Score max feels like it should be much harder, but in 2040, who knows?

@MartinRandall There are more than a googolplex of possible go games on a 19x19 board. I know, most of them don't need to be considered, but remaining search space is still more than enormous.

@MartinRandall The alternative is that you're basically testing a given komi to see which side wins.

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