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Subject: Re: Mathematical limit forced by K. D. 's position vice. Any formal proofs?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:44:26 10/22/99

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For instance:
http://www.treasure-troves.com/math/Chess.html
gives three different estimates of:
10^120 (I'd say this is pretty well blown out of the water!)
10^43 (with derivation!)
10^40 (probably from Hakmem below)

HAKMEM says:
PROBLEM 95:
Solve chess. There are about 10^40 possible positions; in most of them, one side
is hopelessly lost.



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