Regex Chess: A 2-ply minimax chess engine in 84,688 regular expressions

Re:Regex Chess: A 2-ply minimax chess engine in 84,688 regul... by LatencyKills on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @07:45AM (#48192069)

This is a quintessential, crazy idea that used to be adored on HN. The author, obviously, didn't intend this to be a serious engine.

I wish more submissions began with, “This might be a bit wild, but I wanted to see if it could actually work.”

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Re:Regex Chess: A 2-ply minimax chess engine in 84,688 regul... by BretonForearm on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @07:57AM (#48192169)

Out of curiosity, why wouldn't it work?

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Re:Regex Chess: A 2-ply minimax chess engine in 84,688 regul... by LatencyKills on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @08:23AM (#48192390)

Oh, I didn't mean that this specific project wouldn't work. I just wish HN were a little friendlier towards projects that are primarily thought experiments.

Some of the best things I've ever created started from, "I wonder what would happen if I tried this crazy approach..."

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Re:Regex Chess: A 2-ply minimax chess engine in 84,688 regul... by solumunus on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @11:00AM (#48194253)

I think it’s because of agent involvement. It takes away the coolness.

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Re:Regex Chess: A 2-ply minimax chess engine in 84,688 regul... by Timwi on Tuesday May 19, 2026 @12:16PM (#48195349)

> “This might be a bit wild, but I wanted to see if it could actually work.”

That is how esoteric programming languages start.

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