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How many different moves can White play as the first move in a game of chess?

8 10 16 18 20

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Pranshu Gaba by Pranshu Gaba , 22, India

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Pranshu Gaba
May 2, 2016

Relevant wiki: Chess Puzzles

For the first move, White can move

  • any pawn one step forward. This can be done in 8 ways, since there are 8 pawns.

  • any pawn two steps forward. This can be done in 8 ways.

  • any of the knights. This can be done in 4 ways. There are two knights, and each knight can move to two possible squares.

Thus, there are a total of 8 + 8 + 4 = 20 8 + 8 + 4 = \boxed{20} possible moves for white. □ _\square

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  1. Isn't flicking your King over to resign also a move?

Matthew Grice - 5 years, 1 month ago

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No, resing is not move.

Hasmik Garyaka - 2 years, 9 months ago

what da hell why would u resign if u resign then dont even play

NSCS 747 - 11 months, 2 weeks ago

Who would resign in the first move itself?

Aditya Kumar - 5 years, 1 month ago

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