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Questions relating to chess engines: any computer program that is able to play/analyze chess positions.

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A purely self-trained chess AI

Please meditate about the following AI Koan: In the days when Sussman was a novice, Minsky once came to him as he sat hacking at the PDP-6. “What are you doing?”, asked Minsky. “I am training …
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Can playing against Computer help?

For computer engines it is much harder to simulate a "human" style than just playing good. If you want to improve your play against humans, play against humans. Use the engines to analyze your games. …
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Free, simple chess program for beginners

If I'm not on my own computer, I use Shredder Chess Online. You probably can't get much simpler than that. Unfortunately it has just 3 levels, but fortunately the middle level fits for me if I don't w …
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How can I automatically extract features from a position?

I do not want to hand pick the features as I want the network to learn everything by itself. There is an AI-Koan concerning this situation: In the days when Sussman was a novice, Minsky once …
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When playing a computer opponent what situations should I create to give myself a better cha...

Positional play, even sacrifices like "poisoned" pawns. The computer won't see an immediate threat and hence grab the material, but in the long run you can use that weakness (double pawn, bad bishop e …
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