30 Mar '05 14:01>
What is your least upper bound for the longest possible game of chess?
Originally posted by jimslyp69I mean that, using a few criteria, we can estimate it at n, say.
What do ye mean? (least upperbound)
Originally posted by THUDandBLUNDERIf I understand your question correctly, your asking the maximum numbers of moves that can be done in a chessgame.
What is your least upper bound for the longest possible game of chess?
Originally posted by Siebren10^15,790.
A more interesting question to my would be...what are the number of different games that can be played. I know the result would be a higher number the the total of drops of water on this planet. But still it is limited. I however don't know how to calculate this. (I get stuck on move 2 for white :-)) Has anyone else ever tried?
Originally posted by jimslyp69Ooops. Slight revision
Hmm.
So its (maximum possible pieces + pawn moves) * 49 (1less than 50)
Max poss pawn moves: 72
All pawns promoted into other pieces 16 + existing pieces 32 = 48
so its (72 + 48) * 49
= 5880 moves
Originally posted by Siebrenhttp://mathworld.wolfram.com/Chess.html
what are the number of different games that can be played. I know the result would be a higher number the the total of drops of water on this planet. But still it is limited. I however don't know how to calculate this. (I get stuck on move 2 for white :-)) Has anyone else ever tried?