30 Weird Chess Algorithms: Elo World

2019-07-15

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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: http://tom7.org/chess/

No animals nor automata were harmed in the filming.