RE: TIB: Let's Create the Ultimate BASIC Program Everyone (I Mean Everyo

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RE: TIB: Let's Create the Ultimate BASIC Program Everyone (I Mean Everyone)


I'm not sure about the leagalness (is that a word?) of this, but what about
taking a look at how that simple windows chess game, I am sure many of us
have, works.  It appears to just calculate moves and decide which one is the
best.

Matthew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org
> [mailto:owner-ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org]On Behalf Of Jody Snider
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 1999 10:08 PM
> To: ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org
> Subject: Re: TIB: Let's Create the Ultimate BASIC Program Everyone (I
> Mean Everyone)
>
>
>
> PJChaser@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 1/24/99 10:25:42 PM Central Standard Time,
> > cflan@granitecity.com writes:
> >
> > > I think that we should all group together and make one ultimate
> > >  program.
> > You know what program i'd like to see on a calculator but
> haven't started (cuz
> > it's so complex) is a chess program.  Not just graphics or
> anything, I mean a
> > calculator program that actually plays chess against you.  Of
> course, drawing
> > the board onscreen is relatively easy, (use an 8 X 8 matrix
> with zero for an
> > open square and one for a pawn . . . etc.) but I want to turn
> my 92+ into a
> > decent opponent.
> >         Here's my plan: one massive procedure that will look at
> the board and
> > virtually move a piece, then looking at the new board and determining a
> > numerical value based on how good the position is.  It does
> this for a bunch
> > of different possible moves and then chooses the one with the
> highest number.
> > I have an idea to increase the game's intelligence another way,
> but tell me
> > what you think of this one first.  It's gonna be hard, but I
> think I can do
> > it.  It'd be a lot easier if some of you were willing to help
> out, or if you
> > have any ideas share them.  Thanks.
> > PJC II
>
> I think hard might be a big understatement.  However, it would be neat
> to make something that would kinda work at least.  I'm not a real good
> chess player, but that isn't because of lack of interest, it's just that
> I could never find anyone to play with.  Back a while ago I was trying
> to actually learn some of the tactics and theories on position and stuff
> like that and I found this book at the library that pertained to this.
> The book was quite old and it dealt with the attempts to make good chess
> programs on some of the old computers.  In it were several different
> formulas and stuff that were used to calculate the various 'goodness' of
> each move.  Then, whichever move got the highest number would be the
> move that was made.  There were some major drawbacks to this but I'm not
> exactly sure what they were.  That kind of idea would probably be a good
> place to start.
>
> Jody Snider
> jody1@alaska.net
>
>
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