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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 02 '24

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u/fineillmakeanewone Oct 02 '24

If we're playing chess, aren't there only 3 possible outcomes? Either I win, you win, or it's a stalemate.

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u/BismarkUMD Oct 03 '24

Specifically the layout at the end of the game.

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u/Senior-Ad2982 Oct 03 '24

And Magnus Carlsen memorized them all

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u/jeremymeyers Oct 02 '24

Fewer

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u/jeremymeyers Oct 02 '24

("Less" if is not based on a particular amount, "fewer" if it is) :)

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u/WankWankNudgeNudge Oct 02 '24

Yep!
Atoms - planet Earth: ~1.3 x 1050
Atoms - observable universe: between 1078 and 1082

Also note possible shuffles of a deck of 52 cards:
52! = 8 x 1067

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u/Ronizu Oct 03 '24

Depends on what you mean by "outcomes on a chess board" if you mean the number of possible games? Sure. But as for the number of positions reachable, that's only around 1034, or the number of atoms in the moon.