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The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves for both players in a game of chess is
318 979 564 000
How many different possible moves can be made in the first ten moves by each player?
318 979 564 000
How many different possible moves can be made in the first ten moves by each player?
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169 518 829 100 544 000Hide Answer Show Answer
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cant count that high
cant count that high
would have been nice to see how that was derived. i took your first answer as a given, figured the moves were exponential, and raised it to the (10/4) power. could you please show how you came up with that answer? or is it something from a chess book?
CHECK IT OUT...
http://www.chess-poster.com/english/notes_and_facts/did_you_know.htm
http://www.chess-poster.com/english/notes_and_facts/did_you_know.htm
Woah
this is trivia, not a teaser
the "problem" that makes this so much more than mathematical, aka you can't just do (10/4) power is that it is not constant exponential growth. Think of the first move - any of 8 pawns 2 different ways, or 2 knights different places, so 20 for each player, or 400 after just 1 move by each. Then, where it gets increasingly confusing is the ability to move either 7 pawns 2 ways and one pawn 1 way, possibly 2 knights two ways and then the rook, or the bishop to a multitude of spots, or the queen or king even. this opening of possibilities raises this problem to a much tougher degree than originally expected, but to be able to figure all that out is surely mathematically sound and "simple" but intense. wish there was a more simple explanation (maybe that link would help, havent checked it yet).
Definitely trivia as the answer was computed through trial-and-error by a computer rather than calculated mathematically.
How is it not math if I got the answer? It took me like 15 minutes, but I got it. Not that it matters or anything, but I, however, am not a mathematical expert. It is very possible. But to note, good one.
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