Quantum chess? At least now we can try!

[melajara]

Suppose you have a brilliant idea for hyperparallel search, i.e. quantum search for a chess engine!

I.B.M. is actually now giving you access to a real quantum processor(?) and a set of suitable programming tools via this online portal
https://quantumexperience.mybluemix.net/

[lauriet]

I submitted "the meaning of life, the universe and everything"
It calculated for 3 seconds and printed out 42.

[Greg Strong]

I submitted "the meaning of life, the universe and everything"
It calculated for 3 seconds and printed out 42.

Wow, that is impressive. If I recall correctly, it took Deep Thought like 10,000 years to come up with that answer.