Archive for the ‘Mathematics’ Category

How many complete chess games are possible?

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Wonderer asked:

How many chess games are possible that result in checkmate, draw or stalemate?

(more...)

How are the Chess piece values determined?

Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
Agent 47 asked:

I need to know the mathematics or algorithm by which the values of all chess piece (like king = ∞, queen = 9, rook = 5 etc.) is found.

(more...)