I loved this footnote: "NB: if puzzled by a pawn move, please check for en passant before reporting a bug"
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The Kilobyte’s Gambit
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Re: The Kilobyte’s Gambit
#32Nice work!
I'm about 1850 in Lichess blitz, and it played at the level of an earnest 12 year old, which is actually meant as a compliment. It got crazy with its kingside pawns in the opening (no book knowledge), lost material pretty steadily and was checkmated down a queen, bishop and two pawns by move 25.
But it developed some pieces sensibly, made obvious recaptures and was not reckless about king safety. It avoided pointless toggling moves and suicidal piece jettisoning.
You've earned the right to be a proud papa on this one.
Re: The Kilobyte’s Gambit
#33The interface makes this impossible - it’s pretty but unplayable. Please post a simple 2d interface
Original engine's here (only looks ahead 3 steps instead of 4) https://nanochess.org/archive/tiny_chess_2.html
Re: The Kilobyte’s Gambit
#34Nice, it's impressive that it can make some coherent move sequences in such short code. I beat it pretty quickly on the first try (it doesn't stand up well to tactics) but the degree of game sense it does have is impressive.
I lost the first game, it goes hard (charges forward acquiring material seemingly without any strategy). I'm a relative noob, but that's the first time I've been able to just adjust my style and easily win on the follow up. Impressive feat, thankfully I wasn't too 'humiliated' by it. Personally didn't spot any sequences in its play.
Loved the pixel art and all too, lulls you in. It is a little hard to tell from the pieces alone which they are.
Re: The Kilobyte’s Gambit
#35Nice work! I'm about 1850 in Lichess blitz, and it played at the level of an earnest 12 year old, which is actually meant as a compliment. It got crazy with its kingside pawns in the opening (no book knowledge), lost material pretty steadily and was checkmated down a queen, bishop and two pawns by move 25. But it developed some pieces sensibly, made obvious recaptures and was not reckless about king safety. It avoide…
I agree. I'm at a similar chess rating level, I would add that it is very weak in the endgame. I guess if it only looks four moves into the future it's difficult to see pawn promotions.
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#36I'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
Yeah, the pieces are a bit illegible. I accidentally moved my Queen instead of castling, which is when I quit. Otherwise pretty impressive
Re: The Kilobyte’s Gambit
#37Knowing an opening helps a lot. I beat it on my first attempt with a london system opening. I've also been playing for about a year and a half and I'm at a 1600 rating on lichess in blitz.
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#38I'm a "meh" chess player, but I do know proper openings and endgames, and I was bested by this engine. But for some reason, when I was only left with a King and a rook, it started blundering all its pieces: Bishop, a rook, 3 pawns, and a knight. It was left with only a king and knight.
And by blundered, I don't mean "made a bad move that I was able to take advantage of", I mean literally placed their rook infront of my pawn kind of blunder.
Re: The Kilobyte’s Gambit
#39Nice work! I'm about 1850 in Lichess blitz, and it played at the level of an earnest 12 year old, which is actually meant as a compliment. It got crazy with its kingside pawns in the opening (no book knowledge), lost material pretty steadily and was checkmated down a queen, bishop and two pawns by move 25. But it developed some pieces sensibly, made obvious recaptures and was not reckless about king safety. It avoide…
For those of us who have no idea how to play chess, what level does an earnest 12 year old play at?
Re: The Kilobyte’s Gambit
#40I loved this footnote: "NB: if puzzled by a pawn move, please check for en passant before reporting a bug"
I noticed chess.com started adding a little pop-up notification about en passant when you use it. I imagine with the huge chess surge going on right now they were getting quite a lot of complaints. Stalemates also prompt the little pop-up notification.