> the total number of computable states would be only about 10^140 Related scale from the article: > in Go, which has a 19-by-19 board and over 10^150 possibl

> the total number of computable states would be only about 10^140 Related scale from the article: > in Go, which has a 19-by-19 board and over 10^150 possible positions Brute force really works only in small cases so reducing the problem space is incredibly important, and the human mind is frighteningly effective at this. Once you get to see the patterns and feel the "flow" of a Go game, watching high level player games is stupefying.