The natural conclusion is that the complexity of the problem depends on how much of the game you consider to be the `endgame'. Thus, the actual number of different chess games: 5
2) White mates 1) Black resigns 0) Stalemate -1) White resigns -2) Black mates
i am not sure this is a very reasonable question without any restrictions. while this answer is humerous, i don't think anybody has addressed the fact that i can move a king back and forth between 3 squares infinitely many times. POSSIBLE answer: uncoutably infinite? lake@uenics.evansville.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Isn't it nice to have only one simple question..... Zero or One. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------