Did you know that there are more moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the Universe?
Well, it’s true.
The universe is so vast it is just mind bogglingly impossible to imagine how many atoms make it up. The estimated number of atoms in the universe is calculated at 10 to the power of 80 (1080).
But, the number of moves in a chess game is far greater coming in at a massive 10 to the power of 120 (10120).
This is known as the ‘Shannon number’.
So, there are more moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the universe, as we know it Jim!