I need a math genius to explain how many Chess positions there are.

Eniamar · 2010-01-31T18:27:56-08:00

There's a better page on wikipedia that explains it a bit better, however: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess#Mathematics_and_computers So between 10^43 and 10^50 positions, given that nobody else is smart enough to figure out how to account for all the special cases and arrive at an exact numb

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chess1gamess

1 day ago

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TheSnipeKing wrote:

chess1gamess wrote:

ALSO IF YOU ARE NOT PLAYING FOR A WIN YOU CAN MOVE PIECES AROUND INDEFINATELY

I would disagree, as the game cannot go on indefinitely due to the 50 move rule. I think the longest recorded computer generated game was something like 6,000 moves or something like that.

yes, if this rule would apply, but if you are not playing for a win or a draw, then there is no limit