On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Michael Williams < [email protected]> wrote:
> I have experience with Chess960, both from computer and from >> human side. In this variant the pawns start as usual, but the >> major pieces (king, queen, rooks, bishops, knights) are randomly >> shuuffled on the back ranks, observing certain symmetries. >> Exhibition games from the years 2004-2007, during the Mainz chess >> festivals, indicated that human grandmasters seemed to do easier >> against bots in Chess960 compared with normal chess. >> > > This could be due to normal chess's gigantic opening book. > > Yes. And also it could be that much less effort is spent on computer strategies for chess960. > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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