Skip to main content

All Questions

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
67 votes
5 answers
10k views

Decidability of chess on an infinite board

The recent question Do there exist chess positions that require exponentially many moves to reach? of Tim Chow reminds me of a problem I have been interested in. Is chess with finitely many men on an ...
Richard Stanley's user avatar
128 votes
13 answers
24k views

Checkmate in $\omega$ moves?

Is there a chess position with a finite number of pieces on the infinite chess board $\mathbb{Z}^2$ such that White to move has a forced win, but Black can stave off mate for at least $n$ moves for ...
Johan Wästlund's user avatar