losses be calculated?

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Jul 23, 2017 at 22:58	comment	added	user11382		An interesting problem for a computer program would be what is the total number of final checkmate positions for a given set of pieces.
Jul 23, 2017 at 14:57	answer	added	tomoka kazuki		timeline score: 0
Apr 12, 2014 at 18:39	vote	accept	Anomalous Awe
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Mar 28, 2014 at 15:38	comment	added	Henry Keiter		I think the total number of "drawing positions" is probably close to the total number of non-checkmate positions, since intuitively it seems like you should be able to engineer a line that ends in a draw by threefold repetition at the vast majority of possible positions.
S Mar 28, 2014 at 14:05	history	suggested	Jonathan Garber	CC BY-SA 3.0	Corrected grammatical errors; clarified the question in the last paragraph; modified title to be easier to read/search
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Mar 28, 2014 at 12:20	history	edited	Anomalous Awe	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 1 characters in body
Mar 28, 2014 at 11:54	answer	added	masoud		timeline score: 6
Mar 28, 2014 at 11:44	comment	added	Anomalous Awe		Yes. More interestingly, is there balance? Whites make their step firsts, is it equal? Probably, it is not possible, but, better than ratio, precise numbers.
Mar 28, 2014 at 11:15	comment	added	user2001		So your question is: when considering all possible "final positions" in chess, what is the white win / draw / black win ratio?
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