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There Are *MORE* Chess Moves Than I Thought

The Animated Chemist 2,852 2 weeks ago
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I've already tried to calculate the number of chess moves twice and on further inspection can declare them insufficient. Here is my attempt at addressing it. In this analysis, I used "enhanced hyphenated long algebraic form" notation as specified with the use of the pgn-extract program found here. [https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/djb/pgn-extract/ written by David J. Barnes.] Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wej7SJFe5vsV-6Xl0hI2MERV8dXvdGDmzDie8HVIT04/edit?usp=sharing and you'll find Free Chess! (and me) at https://lichess.org Contact: [email protected] Insufficient Material Ending Rules chess.com: https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8705277-what-does-insufficient-mating-material-mean lichess.org: https://lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/no-mating-material-shouldnt-win 0:00 - Introduction 1:46 - Stalemates 2:57 - Insufficient Material Requirements 1 3:28 - Insufficient Material Requirements 2 4:43 - Insufficient Moves 5:21 - Impossible Bishop Moves 5:56 - Impossible King Moves 6:36 - Pawns (Yes I went there!) 7:24 - Justification for Pawn-Bishop Promotions 8:24 - Justification for Pawn-Knight Promotions 8:50 - Just Horsing Around 9:35 - Move Totals 10:02 - Max Insufficient Pieces 10:50 - TYVMFW #chess

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