A tungsten wire filament is placed inside a glass bulb, an electric current is passed through the filament, and resistance in the filament causes it to heat and âincandesceâ or glow. Most modern lamps feature a coiled filament that improves efficacy and reduces heat loss.
Indeed, the 277 move game was played in a tournament on the Internet Chess Club. Oddly enough, I found that the average length of a game (played by humans) is roughly 40 moves. Based on the statistics provided by the Chessgames database (685,801) games, the average number of moves is 40.04.
Characteristics of the game. Chess is played on a board of 64 squares arranged in eight vertical rows called files and eight horizontal rows called ranks. These squares alternate between two colours: one light, such as white, beige, or yellow; and the other dark, such as black or green.