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Up to which number of moves has the result of chess been calculated?
Chess hasn't been completely solved yet, even though it is completely deterministic. However, can't we "solve" it up to a certain number of moves (e.g., up to 50 moves)? Then, considering ...
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How many possible chess moves are there?
Starting from the standard initial position, how many possible legal chess moves are there in this and all possible following positions?
Say, ignoring the starting position, a bishop can move to 32 ...
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How many different knight's tours are there?
How many solutions does the Knight’s Tour puzzle have when the knight first moves from square a1, through all squares (on each square once), and return back to a1? Please give some solutions. Also, ...
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Endgames: How was "maximum moves required" determined before tablebases?
To use a simple example, tablebases show that KQ vs. K is won in at most ten moves. But chess books going back many decades, well before tablebases, say the same thing. How was this calculated?
