I thought “there is no chess problem that is both reachable from starting position and requires more than 218 moves to solve”

binarymax 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There are no more than 218 ways to interpret this title

It'll take at most 218 comments on HN to figure out the meaning of the submission title

	▲	matheusmoreira an hour ago \| parent [-]
		It'll take at most 218 characters to express the fact I did not understand the submitted article's title.

leoff 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I seriously thought they meant "it's not possible to have a chess game with more than 218 moves"

Yeah, I'm still confused.

	▲	fwip 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There is no reachable[1] chess position[2] at which a player has more than 218 valid moves[3] to choose from. [1] Able to happen while following the rules of chess [2] The arrangement of chess pieces on the board [3] A valid move is the motion of one piece to a place on the board, which doesn't break the rules of chess - e.g: "King to E4."