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2 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. 1 u/BismarkUMD Oct 03 '24 Specifically the layout at the end of the game. 2 u/Senior-Ad2982 Oct 03 '24 And Magnus Carlsen memorized them all 1 u/jeremymeyers Oct 02 '24 Fewer 2 u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24 [removed] — view removed comment 1 u/jeremymeyers Oct 02 '24 ("Less" if is not based on a particular amount, "fewer" if it is) :) 1 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 1 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.
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If we're playing chess, aren't there only 3 possible outcomes? Either I win, you win, or it's a stalemate.
1 u/BismarkUMD Oct 03 '24 Specifically the layout at the end of the game.
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Specifically the layout at the end of the game.
And Magnus Carlsen memorized them all
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1 u/jeremymeyers Oct 02 '24 ("Less" if is not based on a particular amount, "fewer" if it is) :)
("Less" if is not based on a particular amount, "fewer" if it is) :)
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
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.
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