Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 06:34:24 02/15/04
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On February 15, 2004 at 02:42:42, Dann Corbit wrote: >On February 14, 2004 at 04:48:43, Tord Romstad wrote: >[snip] >>>The most important thing will be to write good algorithms. But you have to have >>>enough knowledge added so that the program won't play like an idiot. If you >>>tell your program to do nothing but count wood, 19 plies won't be enough to beat >>>anyone. >> >>You don't need to write any algorithms at all to create a reasonably strong >>chess >>program. The published algorithms are sufficient to get quite far. It is >>correct >>that you need some chess knowledge, but I think knowledge on the level of a >>1500 rated player is enough. >> >>All you need is to read a few basic chess books and to implement the known >>algorithms. Nothing more than ordinary chess and programming skills are >>required. But it takes lots of work, of course. > >Yes, I meant to "implement" rather than invent the algorithms. But one person's >alpha-beta can be four times faster than another person's. That's enough to >make a huge difference. Implementers are chicken. The real macho man creates his own algorithm. : ) Bob D.
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