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Subject: Re: Possible chess moves.

Author: Zach Wegner

Date: 15:17:13 05/19/03

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On May 19, 2003 at 18:05:17, Matthew White wrote:

>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?
>>
>>
>>
>>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
From what I've heard there are 10^(10^50) moves, which is a ceratin move from a
certain position.
Zach



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