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Subject: Re: Possible chess moves.

Author: Matthew White

Date: 15:05:17 05/19/03

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On May 19, 2003 at 17:09:21, margolies,marc wrote:

>there are 64 possible squares to move to.
>there are 12 kinds of pieces to move to any square (6 of each color)
>plus pawn promotions... 5 possible promotions in 16 squares
>64*12+ 5*16= 640+128+80= 848 possible chess moves imaginable
>or are you discuusing sequences of moves?
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>On May 19, 2003 at 15:59:12, Angelo Ciavarella wrote:
>
>>There are more possible chess moves BY FAR! than there are ATOMS in the
>>universe.Click on this link for an interesting explanation of chess computers
>>work.
I'm guessing that the article discusses chess POSITIONS.

Matt



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