Author: Edward Seid
Date: 07:46:29 09/18/03
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On September 18, 2003 at 10:32:44, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >The branching factor is at most 8 (initial position) and in the 'middlegame' >about 4. It seems to me that the average game would be no more than 32 moves, >and I think 50 would be a realistic upper bound. I should mention that all the normal pawn movements apply, such as the 2-square initial advance and enpassant capturing. So with 8 pawns able to move one or two squares on the first move, the branching factor is 8x2=16 in the initial posiiton.
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