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No, that's part of the preparation. But remember that you have around ~16 moves to choose from each time it's your turn. And you have to prepare a response for
by matsemann 4y ago
No, that's part of the preparation. But remember that you have around ~16 moves to choose from each time it's your turn. And you have to prepare a response for all the possible choices your opponent can make.
This of course gets unwieldy very fast. 16^5 is already over a million different games.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoActually it's so much worse than that. Chess has a branching factor of ~30, not 16, IIRC. A lot of those moves will be nonsensical though.
- somenameforme 4y agoThat is correct. And of course you don't just need to prepare for your own moves, but also consider your opponent's moves. So "just" 6 moves = 30^12 = about 500 quadrillion possibilities. Though, like you said, the vast majority of those moves will be somewhat nonsensical though.