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Re:Acquisition of Chess Knowledge in AlphaZero by awb on Sunday November 20, 2022 @01:05PM (#33683433)
That would be Fischer Random Chess (aka Chess960). I know engines play it, but I don’t know if they’re trained on it.
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Re:Acquisition of Chess Knowledge in AlphaZero by umanwizard on Sunday November 20, 2022 @01:28PM (#33683696)
That indeed randomizes the starting position (subject to some constraints), but it doesn’t randomize the abilities of the pieces.
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