You're a wonderful programmer. I know it's unbeatable if there are no bugs. I've been a big fan of computer chess since Northwestern was world champs.Originally Posted by cyberfish
I just coded it up in 20 mins... bugs might have creeped in, but otherwise the AI is unbeatable. It can already prove that the game is a draw with perfect play by both sides. (analysis from the initial position)
I'm actually very much into Zero-sum AI stuff currently. I have a chess AI too if you want to give it a try. It's rather strong, though (about the level of a FIDE Master).
http://cyberfish.wecheer.com/Brainless
I like chess, but it's very demanding of your time to be good at it, and that time is almost all completely sedentary-->sitting, sitting, sitting! It's wonderful for your mind, but hell on your muscles.
Except for opening traps, I haven't beat a good chess program since Sargon II, I believe!
The amount of look-ahead with today's hardware makes the programs *very* tough to beat, even for the best human players.
They're probably working on the 8 piece end game tables, (Nalimov's), now? Amazing stuff! Thanks for the url, I'll have to give it a go.
