Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 10:20:24 09/02/00
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On September 01, 2000 at 02:14:55, Christophe Theron wrote: >On September 01, 2000 at 02:02:33, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On August 31, 2000 at 21:05:57, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On August 31, 2000 at 19:01:37, Chessfun wrote: >>> >>>>On August 31, 2000 at 18:57:15, Peter Fendrich wrote: >>>> >>>>>On August 31, 2000 at 18:39:15, Chessfun wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On August 31, 2000 at 18:13:25, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On August 31, 2000 at 17:09:01, Peter Fendrich wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I found the answear at >>>>>>>>http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~olympiad/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>--------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>>Briefly: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>The game is played on a 10x10 square board. In the initial position, White has 4 >>>>>>>>queens placed at a4, d1, g1 & j4, and Black has 4 queens placed at a7, d10, g10 >>>>>>>>& j7. White plays first. Queens move in any vertical, horizontal, or diagonal >>>>>>>>line, as many squares as they wish, provided the destination square and those it >>>>>>>>slides over are all unoccupied. A move in the game consists of 2 steps. (1) >>>>>>>>Moving any queen that can still move. (2) blocking a square now reachable in a >>>>>>>>single queen move from the destination square of the moved queen. Once blocked, >>>>>>>>squares are never unblocked. The first player unable to move loses. For >>>>>>>>tie-breaking purposes, the winner is credited with a "territory" score. This is >>>>>>>>the number of vacant squares that could be reached by a winner's queen, given >>>>>>>>unlimited further moves. >>>>>>>>--------------------------------------------- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>...and the convincing winner was Johan de Koning! >>>>>>>>//Peter >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>I guess mobility plays a decisive role in this game, and The King chess engine >>>>>>>has always been very good at evaluating mobility! :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Christophe >>>>>> >>>>>>By the description of the game maybe he should rename the >>>>>>engine the "Queen" engine. >>>>>> >>>>>>Thanks. >>>>> >>>>>As a curious coincidence I think Koning means King in some language. Is it >>>>>dutch? And now he is the emperor among Amazons. >>>>>Well, it's time to go to bed... :) >>>>>Good Knight! >>>>> >>>>>//Peter >>>> >>>>I think "de Koning" is "the king" in Dutch, which is where >>>>I think when people refer to the engine name as the king >>>>this also came from. >>>> >>>>Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>>The name of the engine inside Chessmaster is officially "The King". The King is >>>the name given to his engine by Johan. It was the name under which is program >>>was known well before it was included inside Chessmaster. >>> >>>That's a natural naming choice for someone named "De Koning" I think. >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >>True. "De Koning" (dutch) = "The King" >> >>Like CT = Chess Tiger = Christophe Theron :) >> >>Ed > > > >This way I don't forget the name of my chess engine. :) > >Bad side effect: it hurts me when Tiger loses a game... > > > > Christophe That's a good side effect, because it motivates you to improve your program more. ;) Dave
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