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Re:Reimagining Chess with AlphaZero by lmm on Monday January 31, 2022 @02:56AM (#30145599)
Hmm? Chess is already very drawish at the top level, a specific goal that they highlight in this paper is to unbalance the game.
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Re:Reimagining Chess with AlphaZero by w-m on Monday January 31, 2022 @07:01AM (#30147050)
None of the suggested changes in the paper give black equal or more wins than white. At best they reduce the number of draws, or reduce the disadvantage of black: https://dl.acm.org/cms/attachment/2b6acfe5-8a20-4630-8372-d5...
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Re:Reimagining Chess with AlphaZero by lmm on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @04:39AM (#30175525)
> None of the suggested changes in the paper give black equal or more wins than white.

Sure. Why would that be the goal though?

Many of them do reduce the difference between black and white, by increasing the number of draws, but that's not generally seen as desirable.

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