National Chess Day

We are hosting a Free chess tournament at the Freeport Public Library on October 10th. Registration will begin at 9:00 am and end at 9:30 am. 4SS, G/20, No Delay. Sets and clocks will be provided. There will be 4 rounds, and awards will begin at 2:10.Sections by age (grade) as appropriate.

Can you count all the moves that can be made in the first two moves? I, John Werkheiser, think I did. On the first white move twenty moves can be made. On the first black move 400 total positions are available.  On the second white move a whopping total of 32,800 positions are available. For the second black move, regardless of position, I found 11,545,600 positions! Can you count them all? (20.20.(55_82).(55_352). 20-400-32800-11545600