Dear Tyson,
Thanks so very much!
Incredible!
Mind boggling!
And the next time some one says,
"Oh, I know what Chess is, it is something like "Checkers!"
"I used to play Checkers"
Whoa!
With Best Regards,
God Bless,
Alan
Plantation, Florida
----- Original Message -----
From: mordue andrew
To: usbca_chess
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2017 4:44 AM
Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: Number of possible games that can be played?
Hello Alan and everyone.
A quote from Popular Science in 2010:
"According to Jonathan Schaeffer, a computer scientist at the University of
Alberta who demonstrates A.I. using games, "The possible number of chess
games is so huge that no one will invest the effort to calculate the exact
number." Some have estimated it at around 10100,000. Out of those, 10120
games are “typical”: about 40 moves long with an average of 30 choices per
move."
A frequent quote is that the number of possible chess games is larger than
the number of atoms in the observable universe. Personally I'm not going to
start counting.
Best wishes,
Tyson
On 15 June 2017 at 22:37 Alan Dicey. <adicey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Friends,
I have read a couple of times that the possible number of different Games
which could be played with a 64 square Chess Board and 32 pieces is
equivalent to the number of atoms in the universe.
I have a Question I would appreciate some help with!!
What is the name of the "equation" which was invented to determine how many
Chess Games there could be?
I think it was named after the mathematician who came up with it.
For some reason, Ran number or Ram Number comes to my mind, but a search on
the Internet does not yield anything.
Thanks for any assistance with this question.
With Best Regards,
God Bless,
Alan
Plantation, Florida
