Author: walter irvin
Date: 07:43:26 10/30/00
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On October 29, 2000 at 23:15:51, Michael Neish wrote: > >Hello, > >I don't really want to post another naive "How many possible Chess positions are >there?" comment, but I believe that of the huge number of possible positions >only a relatively small fraction are actually interesting. What I mean is, if >you could count all possible piece/square permutations I suppose most of them >will be materially unbalanced, with the outcome generally in favour of the side >with greater material. These positions could be considered "solved". Then a >small fraction of these will be materially balanced or almost-balanced >positions, with an unclear outcome, and could be considered "unsolved". > >Does anyone know whether any estimate has been made on the proportion of >unsolved to solved positions in Chess? I guess it would represent a substantial >trimming of the overall game tree. > >Cheers, > >Mike. you know once you subtract all the assinine positions and get right down to positions that can be safely reached vs strong opposition the actual number of good positions is a number that alot of pc's could actually handle.i think people try to make chess seem like this great unsolvable game when in reality if all the junk were thrown out ,all the good positions prob fit on a 40 gig hard drive.
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