Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Chess, after 1, 2 or 3 moves

After each player makes just one move there 400 different positions possible!  After 2 moves – about 72,000 positions possible. After 3 moves – 9 million. After 4 moves – 288 billion (yes, billion with a “b”) positions can arise on a chess boards. There are about 10^50 legal positions in chess possible!