Author: Duncan Roberts
Date: 10:40:41 02/03/05
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On February 03, 2005 at 13:16:42, Marc Bourzutschky wrote: >On February 03, 2005 at 12:17:12, Duncan Roberts wrote: > >> >Actually, I only implemented KNNNNKQ as a one-off, so I have no general >>>generator at all. I have done a number of changes to the Nalimov generator, >>>mainly to look at different size chessboards, metrics, fairy pieces, etc. >> >>what do you mean by metrics and fairy pieces, and what size chessboards did you >>try, were you looking for anything in particular, or just playing around ? >> > >Well, all of chess is just playing around! I have considered non-traditional >pieces such generalized knights which jump (x,y) instead of (2,1) and pieces >which combine the movements of bishop and knight or rook and knight (used, for >example, in Gothic chess.) I have looked at square boards from 4x4 to 80x80, as >well as some 3-d and circular boards. Looking at different board sizes, even >with traditional chess pieces, has in some cases led to better understanding of >winning methods. are the insights you gained into better winning methods, something you can discuss here ? duncan Also, small boards run faster and are useful for debugging >purposes. > >The metric stuff was mainly to look at the effect of the 50-move rule.
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