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| Author: | Anzu [ Tue Jun 21, 2016 7:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 169,518,829,100,544,000,000,000,000,000 |
According to the America’s Foundation for Chess, that is the number of ways to play the first 10 moves. I'm assuming ten moves per side, ten black, ten white. |
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| Author: | daal [ Wed Jun 22, 2016 2:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 169,518,829,100,544,000,000,000,000,000 |
Wow, that is tiny! |
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| Author: | Anzu [ Wed Jun 22, 2016 3:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 169,518,829,100,544,000,000,000,000,000 |
Forgot to link where I found it (paragraph 20) http://www.chess-poster.com/english/not ... u_know.htm Also found at: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/genera ... sibilities https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/ ... 0000_ways/ |
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| Author: | DrStraw [ Wed Jun 22, 2016 3:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 169,518,829,100,544,000,000,000,000,000 |
The 20th root of that number is approximately 29. So that says there are, on average, 29 possible moves in each position for the first 20 moves of the game. That sounds reasonable. |
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