500 billion moves in checkers, How many in chess?
Based on recent news (regarding Chinook), I’ve learned that checkers has over 500 billion different combination of moves. Chess, however, has an astronomical amount, but can we say a rough estimate of how many?
Interesting. Thank you for that bit of information. I saw a few with "500 billion billion" and assumed it as a typo, since most said "500 billion". Your source is the first one stating 39 trillion. Thanks.
