30 Weird Chess Algorithms: Elo World
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- Presented by Tom Murphy VII, computer scientist
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Tom7 presents a tournament of thirty highly unusual and absurd chess algorithms designed for his SIGBOVIK research papers.
An intricate and lengthy account of several different computer chess topics from my SIGBOVIK 2019 papers. We conduct a tournament of fools with a pile of different weird chess algorithms, ostensibly to quantify how well my other weird program to play color- and piece-blind chess performs. On the way we "learn" about mirrors, arithmetic encoding, perversions of game tree search, spicy oils, and hats. Papers: tom7.org/chess/ No animals nor automata were harmed in the filming.Why it's here
9 people recommend thisWhat people say. Highly recommended for its brilliant, entertaining, and deeply creative exploration of unconventional programming and chess engine design.
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