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How many openings? (Posted on 2002-10-27) Difficulty: 5 of 5
How many possible openings are there in the game of chess, if we define an that opening consists of each player making their first 3 moves?

(With one move there are 400 possible openings)

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Rating: 3.5714 (14 votes)

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re: confused | Comment 2 of 17 |
(In reply to confused by Cheradenine)

I think brute force is the way to solve it.

Given that, the difficulty would probably be in finding an algorithm for doing so.

A solution to a solution, if you will.
  Posted by levik on 2002-10-28 04:14:57

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