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Subject: Re: computer calculations of number of ways to play first 10-ply

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 06:11:33 07/28/98

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On July 28, 1998 at 08:46:21, Komputer Korner wrote:

>The number of legal positions is the most important stat as far as computers are
>concerned.  10^42 has been put as a lower bound with 10^60 as an upper bound. I
>am not sure as to the mathematical accuracy of these though.

These numbers don't concern computers at all, unless we're talking about
computers that will exist centuries from now...

Cheers,
Tom



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