Chess statistics

How would one go to find possibilities of a 10 move chess game, it could finish in draw checkmate or just time regardless its just 10 move. How could I find the possibilities of moves or positions?

It's fairly easy to enumerate how many moves are possible at the 11th move for any specific game in which 10 moves have been played.

In general, the number of moves available at the 11th move will vary between zero and a few dozen.

Somehow, I'm not sure that this is what he actually meant.

Dragec wrote: Somehow, I'm not sure that this is what he actually meant. 

What's your best guess at his meaning?

Well, I am not sure obviously , but I guess it might have something with a number of possible different positions after 10 move game.

Something like that (for 10 moves):

http://www.chess-poster.com/english/notes_and_facts/did_you_know.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_number

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/360563

extract from chess-poster(4 moves):

Chess is infinite:  There are 400 different positions after each player makes one move apiece. There are 72,084 positions after two moves apiece. There are 9+ million positions after three moves apiece. There are 288+ billion different possible positions after four moves apiece. There are more 40-move games on Level-1 than the number of electrons in our universe. There are more game-trees of Chess than the number of galaxies (100+ billion), and more openings, defences, gambits, etc. than the number of quarks in our universe!          --Chesmayne

Number 20 on the first link answers my question.

no wounder I never get bored of it

Dragec above has given the right answer.

288 billion possible positions after  4 moves !! that is an incredible statistic.be back later just going to count em make sure its  correct.