Common misconception: There are NOT more unique legal…
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Common misconception: There are NOT more unique legal board positions than atoms in the universe!
It's estimated that there are 10^(44) to 10^(50) unique legal board positions but there're 10^(80) atoms in the observable universe...
**BUT**
There are 10^(120) possible chess GAMES. So the correct fact is that **there are more possible unique chess games than atoms in the universe.**
Fun fact! You would need atoms from 10^(40) universes to have the same amount of atoms as there are possible chess games.
I guess a lot of you knows that already, but I've just recently heard Levy saying the wrong version of this fact so I had to do something! :-D
#games
It's estimated that there are 10^(44) to 10^(50) unique legal board positions but there're 10^(80) atoms in the observable universe...
**BUT**
There are 10^(120) possible chess GAMES. So the correct fact is that **there are more possible unique chess games than atoms in the universe.**
Fun fact! You would need atoms from 10^(40) universes to have the same amount of atoms as there are possible chess games.
I guess a lot of you knows that already, but I've just recently heard Levy saying the wrong version of this fact so I had to do something! :-D
#games
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