30 Weird Chess Algorithms: Elo World

I liked the СССР hats

"Boltzmann brilliancy"

This channel is a hidden gem

I see you are a mirror expert. Great explannation.

These are all ways I played when I was 5

Every day, I'm hoping for a sequel to this video or to the PlayFUN series. The videos on this channel are some of the best on YT

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Loved the video. 😊

Ello worrrld

Mirrors and lakes reflect in the depth direction and are the same; it has nothing to do with polarization.

Fun video otherwise!

Why is the robot Turkish though lol

Fantastic. Your dog escaping the (pretty much captive) chess lesson reminded me of my childhood as my Dad tried to teach me chess in metaphorically similar fashion. At this time we can reflect on the state of the world that was arrived at by finding worthwhile solutions to seemingly necessary problems. I am so glad there are people like you who have invested time and effort in the exact opposite. This direction could save the world rather than set it on fire. And much more enjoyable too. Thank you so much for what you do.

I open second video of yours and once again you're just reading my thoughts aloud. People always think I'm good at chess. I'm terrible at chess because it's a computational problem. I have innate dislike of doing things that computers are better at. I just don't see the point. So I always plays chess like when I played with my mum at age of 4: on vibes. I just look at the board and let the unconsciousness do the heavy lifting, and whatever "feels" like a good move. I win with most "bad" players, lose with anyone decent, but it's fun :)

Alphabetical would be better if you pawn moves would be sorted as "Pe5". As the standard square notation is lowercase, it will never push a pawn if there is any piece to be moved.

just watched a minute of it and i'm already loving it. exactly my style of autistic self-deprecating nerd humor & craftsmanship. looking forward to the rest of it and there's good chances i may binge this channel. awesome xD thanks!

I think most developing players (and most early chess engines) go for some variation of CCCP, with near-immediate rewards. A "greedy" approach you might say. The subject matter is fascinating, because I always hoped for a simple & elegant way to play chess to exist -without relying on opening books or decision trees

Nice agadmator quote!!!

in the end the dog is the best player in the tournament since they can move pieces

light polarization comment

Why is it written in Turkish on the chess Robot? Is it reference to Mechanical Turk

How did stockfish not beat the worst bots everytime, when it would beat grandmasters in every game?

What about randomly chooseing between worstfish and stockfish

A little late to the party but... ConstipatedFish where it takes a subset of its pieces and can move them only after 2-3 moves that does not involve a piece from that subset that was moved last time (or it moves them when it is absolutely necessary)

I wanna see stockfish but with only making the worst moves for you, not considering its own best moves

Can I play your dog?

What about improving the lookup bot by checking if the position exists without caring about the opponents move when nothing at the exact position is found before doing random??
(And if occurs more than once -> most popular than random)

That means someone structure development is playing now and should not be in there like that

In minute 14 it's not saying that for no reason

I'm wondering if there were any one-time-only moves that got filtered out from your hashtable that is counterintuitive while simultaneously being very effective gameplay.

This is so rewatchable

Why was the alphabet one moving the rook before the pawns? Last time I checked p comes before r in the alphabet.

BlockFish: prioritizes moves that limit the number of opponents moves

that beard growth transition in the beginning was very cinematic, nice

i feel like calling the bot cccp with red and yellow hats was a bad idea

Fantastic video!

what's the font used in tournament table?
anyway, a great video as always

Pacifish - Will only play moves that result in no conflict, no checks, and no mates

Its actually interesting that, when those worstfish optimizations are actually done, it makes it play very interestingly - it will try its best to force you to take its pieces and win, kinda like a supercharged version of "no i insist"

That grim reaper has a diamond hoe!

You need to run Badfish vs worstfish!

Nobody's going to read this but -- all your algorithms play to win, or to lose. What about playing for a stalemate? Count the number of threatened squares and the point value of the pieces on them. Play the first legal move that reduces the point spread - including if ahead on points. :>

bri ish person learning a new programming language: elo world

I have an idea for an engine! "Heaven or hell" does game tree search, and takes the move with the highest absolute value. Whichever one leads to the greatest advantage or disadvantage it will pick, just as long as it's the biggest overall disparity. It could also have an equalizer counterpart that doesn't want either side to be in advantage.

I’m trying to develop a ChatGPT created chess AI. So far, I’ve had issues with pieces being able to move anywhere, pieces being unable to move, all of the pawns being replaced with kings, the entire board being exclusively white rooks, and a LOT of crashes

I'm not sure if the polarisation thing was a joke, but mirrors and lakes don't flip things. If you lie sideways in front of a mirror it's not like your legs will swap with your head. Polarisation is a separate concept to do with the orientation of the wave, not the image.

And lenses don't reflect they diffract. They DO flip things, and in a circular (radial) symmetry if the lens is circular. Curved mirrors can also flip things.

Hacking Stockfish to truly "maximin" would be fascinating. However you played, it would outplay you forcing you into a position where you had no choice but to win in a sort of "reverse checkmate".

Lol the agadmator reference