Author: chandler yergin
Date: 08:02:08 02/18/03
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On February 18, 2003 at 09:08:55, Charles Worthington wrote: >On February 18, 2003 at 06:39:28, Andreas Stabel wrote: > >>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 > >I have seen ten to the 121st power listed in many books. That was years ago when >the old 8086 processors were considered fast so I dont know what computer could >possibly have given them that illustrious figure but there it is. :-) Apologies!...sorry.. the Question as I now see it with my Glasses on (must be gettin old..) was "variations" not "possible moves". This is an interesting Link which gives thousands of Variations,, http://www.chessvariants.com/alphabet.html Enjoy. Chan
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