Author: Edward Seid
Date: 08:35:26 09/05/01
A newbie question, so thanks for your patience. I'm thinking about programming a simple chessplaying program to NOT play on a chess server, but to play thru a web interface. I was wondering which language would be most appropriate for such interactivity. The first that came to mind was Java or Javascript. But since I'm new to programming in general, something more Englishlike, like VB, would be desirable. The chessplaying program would be a much simplified version of real chess, based on the "pawn game" as described in Vol 1 of Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course. No pieces, no 50 move rule, no 3 time repetition, no complicated pawn promotions... about the most complicated thing would be en passant. I think that this game is completely solvable given the power of today's PCs and it would be interesting to know the truth. I chose this project to complement my other chess education project, which should be up some time in 2002...the Hawaii Chess Project. Comments are greatly appreciated. Since I'm totally new to programming, if some ambitious person wants to take on this project, that would be cool. Unfortunately, the pay is ZERO, just like mine, but you would have the satisfaction of knowing the ultimate truth of chess, or at least the game without pieces :) Thanks in advance for your feedback. Ed Seid Hawaii Chess Project (coming soon)
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