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On beginner level this might work, but if people are more competitive they begin to realize the benefit of not only playing the own game, but reading the enemies plan (e.g. scouting in Starcraft/AoE2) to counteract it as much as possible. Chess against humen is different. Usually, there is no path to victory, only to remis. People just follow strategic plans that people told them would be slightly beneficial later on…
I agree with this. My default approach to board games is basically to maximize victory points early. This usually works; when 4 people are playing a new game for the first time, I usually win. This doesn't really work when people know how to play the game specifically, though. I think this algorithm is better than many other algorithms that people come up with, however. (As an aside, when I play a card game I sort my…
Re: Grandmaster-Level Chess Without Search
#131The interesting thing about sorting cards for a trick taking game is often standard algorithms don't directly apply, because you don't have a fixed end state. I choose the order of the suits based on how the cards are currently laid out, as long as I end up with red and black alternating.