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The Kilobyte’s Gambit

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Re: The Kilobyte’s Gambit

#5
Well this is certainly very cool. It reacts well enough to my moves but I get the feeling that it does not know any of the established openings so each game starts a bit weird. Will keep going and try to beat it though.

Re: The Kilobyte’s Gambit

#8
I'm a novice player but I reached a stalemate in my first game. I am not a big fan of the graphics, they're really really cool but I made at least two big mistakes because I misread the pieces - and now I have a headache :D

Re: The Kilobyte’s Gambit

#9
Wow it took me 40 or so attempts to beat it. I’m a chess novice but you’d think a human novice should be able to beat a small chunk of JavaScript.

This code must be pretty compact even if expanded to readable form? Is there a repo anywhere with this type of chess engine explained and expanded to human readable commented code?

Re: The Kilobyte’s Gambit

#10
post #5

Well this is certainly very cool. It reacts well enough to my moves but I get the feeling that it does not know any of the established openings so each game starts a bit weird. Will keep going and try to beat it though.

If it keeps winning, maybe the established openings aren’t that useful :P

But that’s the problem with solved games: You compete on the familiarity with and memorization of established patterns.

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