Building My Own Chess Engine

Re:Building My Own Chess Engine by jacquesm on Friday December 25, 2020 @11:34PM (#25541407)

I meant that example as the end stage of when the training wheels can come off. Before that, of course, you start with even simpler examples, king + knight vs king would be the best starting point.

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Re:Building My Own Chess Engine by billforsternz on Sunday December 27, 2020 @04:09AM (#25549847)

I don't understand your point. King plus knight v King is completely pointless, no move for either side is any better than any other. In fact the game should simply be declared a draw and no more moves should be played. What possible value does it have? Test the ability to generate legal moves maybe?

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Re:Building My Own Chess Engine by Nemerie on Monday December 28, 2020 @03:49PM (#25563070)

I guess the GP meant queen, not knight.

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Re:Building My Own Chess Engine by billforsternz on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @12:09AM (#25566944)

Hadn't thought of that. Amusingly the classic chess algorithms even fail to mate with Q+K v K for reasons I discuss up thread. Eg Sargon 1978 version can't do it. It's basically a terrible idea however you slice it because these mates are a special skill, almost like a different game with different ideas to the rest of chess.

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