Author: Nathan Thom
Date: 15:26:50 01/16/03
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On January 16, 2003 at 03:28:04, Andrew Williams wrote: >On January 16, 2003 at 00:15:24, Nathan Thom wrote: > >>Im an amateur chess player (around 1300), but love to program interesting >>problems. It seems that most of the programmers here are all very highly rated >>chess players. Most chess programs beat me easily, so I thought it would be >>interesting to see if I could write a program that could beat me aswell. >> >>In peoples opinion, will it be hard for me to write a program that can play very >>well (say 1800+) even if it only uses my basic knowledge of chess? > >It's a mistake to assume that most people here are good players, I think. Being >a good programmer is FAR more important than skill at chess, I think. > >My best advice is to get something very simple working and then interface it to >Winboard/Xboard and get it playing on ICC. You'll find that a *very* good way to >test your program in the early stages. > >Good luck with your project. > >Andrew Thanks. Ive started interfacing Winboard, but am having problems getting it to work. Does anyone have tips on how to get started with this? Does anyone use FICS? I dont really want to pay AU$100 just to test my chess program on ICC!
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