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Subject: Re: how many possible variations of chess games are there?

Author: Andreas Stabel

Date: 03:39:28 02/18/03

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On February 18, 2003 at 06:13:23, chandler yergin wrote:

>On February 18, 2003 at 05:59:44, Andreas Stabel wrote:
>
>>On February 18, 2003 at 05:58:13, george wrote:
>>
>>>50.000.000 games for sure.
>>I would say more than that, at least 57 714 511 games.
>>
>>Regards
>>Andreas
>Previous Posts from mathmaticians have estimated
>"more than the grains of sand or molecules in the observable Universe"
>10 to the 43rd power was a conservative estimate.
>Steinitz in his Handbook also answers the question... but I don't
>have the copy.

So I was right then :)

Regards
Andreas

• Re: how many possible variations of chess games are there? Charles Worthington 06:08:55 02/18/03
  • Re: how many possible variations of chess games are there? Mike Hood 18:14:23 02/18/03
  • Re: how many possible variations of chess games are there? chandler yergin 08:02:08 02/18/03

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