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Re:Hacking Google by gpm on Saturday October 01, 2022 @01:31AM (#33044161)
So, I solved this challenge the "intended" way instead of just using an engine. But I'm pretty sure that you could just use an engine for longer than they are. Behind the scenes it appears to just be running stockfish with a timeout of "10" (10s? Didn't check what units, seems faster than 10s so maybe 10ms or something).
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Re:Hacking Google by missblit on Saturday October 01, 2022 @02:26AM (#33044396)
It's milliseconds (well except for 0, which stockfish considers an edge case)

See: http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/UCIProtocol.html , https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/issues/3720

That said I don't think a strong chess engine alone would be enough to pass this puzzle.

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Re:Hacking Google by esjeon on Saturday October 01, 2022 @05:03AM (#33045154)
Mind that you're reading a comment written by a dude who got p0wned by Stockfish searching only depth 0. I mean, if you're going down the path of fighting against the AI, you do need an engine.
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