There are more possible games of chess than atoms in the observable universe

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The number of possible unique chess games is estimated to be around 10¹²⁰ (known as the Shannon Number).

For comparison, scientists estimate there are about 10⁸⁰ atoms in the observable universe.

That means the number of possible chess games is unimaginably larger than the number of atoms around us.

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