Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:45:12 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? > >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. Sjeng used to play variants also. A multipurpose engine will be slightly suboptimal compared to one honed for a single purpose. But it could play very well at many variations. Changing the board size will cause more hardship than changes of piece behavior, I think.
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