A few days ago I thought about the news that checkers was solved.
I asked me wether it is possible to solve chess;are the possibilities limited or unlimited?
At first the answer for me seemed to be very easy and clear:It is limited!
But when I started to calculate how many possibilities there are I got uncertain.
1st move 400 possibilities
2nd move ähm well too much I would say around *0000?I am not sure
But the more moves there were made,the more possibilities appear and if we imagine that a normal game can go on for lets say about 200 moves,than it is really unimaginable how huge the figure of the possibilites would be,if the possibilities were limited.
Is here anybody who knows more and can tell me something about the calculations?