Author: martin fierz
Date: 05:46:46 01/24/01
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On January 24, 2001 at 02:53:55, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 24, 2001 at 02:14:20, Tania Devora wrote: > >> >> >>Here are the total number of checker positions sorted according to the number of >>pieces on the board. [snip] >I think that these numbers are not correct and they are only upper bounds. > >It is clear that there are many illegal positions that cannot be reached from >the initial position and it seems that you counted them(otherwise the C vs V >number seems too big). these numbers are what jonathan schaeffer quotes in his book 'one jump ahead'. i think his calculations can be trusted :-) >It is clear that chess is a more complicated game. and of course you are completely right here. checkers is close to being solved, while chess is way out of bounds. best regards martin
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