Author: Danniel Corbit
Date: 21:59:28 07/28/98
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On July 28, 1998 at 23:07:40, Steven J. Edwards wrote: >Here are the numbers for trajectory enumerations (distinct legal pathways) for >the first few ply depth values: > >ply: 0 count: 1 >ply: 1 count: 20 For the first move for white, there are obviously 20 legal possible moves. [pawns up 1 or 2 spaces = 16 + the four knight moves]. So what does the count of 1 at ply zero mean? >ply: 2 count: 400 >ply: 3 count: 8902 >ply: 4 count: 197281 >ply: 5 count: 4865609 > >For ply=6, the number is a little under 120 million and for ply=7 it's about 3.1 >billion. I haven't calculated ply=8 yet, but is should be just under 100 >billion. > >-- Steven (sje@mv.mv.com)
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