How Many Games of Chess?
Lefty
lefty at apple.com
Fri Apr 1 11:18:17 PST 1994
>p.s. i wonder if there is a "irrational" game....one that goes on to
>infinity but never repeats itself.....I would imagine not as there are
>only a finite number of possibilities for peices to exist on the board
>it was an interesting thought whie it lasted....
I can easily think of a trivial one. Get to a point where the only pieces
left on the board are the two kings. Roll an eight-sided die to determine
the next move for each king. If the move would place the king in check,
roll again.
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Lefty (lefty at apple.com)
C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.
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