Author: Richard Pijl
Date: 16:00:35 01/09/04
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On January 09, 2004 at 16:39:28, Bob Durrett wrote: > >Recent bulletins here seem to indicate that there is some interest in variants >of classical [40 in 2 and 15 per half] chess, including blitz, bullet, and >correspondence chess. > >This begs the question: "Is it feasible to build a playing program which can >play more than one game well, INCLUDING classical chess? > Playing well is not an objective criterion, but well :-). The Baron is already available in an FRC version capable of playing both classical chess and Fischer Random Chess. The next release will also be able to play the variant '3 checks wins' and 'nocastle'. On ICC there are various variants that can be played with most chess programs as only the starting position differs. Now and then the Baron is present on ICC with the 'fun' version that plays those variants. Richard. >One is reminded of Fischer's idea of rearranging the pieces in the starting >position. > >Surely, software which can play chess belongs here at CCC even if it can play >other games as well. > >Bob D.
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