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Attempting to use a software engineering approach to win at chess against my brother—and only my brother

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  1. nathan
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    This post is great, person spends a lot of time to get an edge in a chess game and hangs a back rank mate in 1. Mirrors my experience trying to play chess, it’s never too late to hang mate,...

    This post is great, person spends a lot of time to get an edge in a chess game and hangs a back rank mate in 1. Mirrors my experience trying to play chess, it’s never too late to hang mate, especially if you’re not very good like me.

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  2. herson
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    I love articles like this and the people who take the time and effort to develop this type of projects.

    I love articles like this and the people who take the time and effort to develop this type of projects.

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  3. mjb
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    Very entertaining — and timely! Having recently retired, I thought I'd turn my attention to games and puzzles, neither of which had held much attraction for me, just to pass the time. Last week, I...

    Very entertaining — and timely! Having recently retired, I thought I'd turn my attention to games and puzzles, neither of which had held much attraction for me, just to pass the time. Last week, I off-handedly suggested to my 7yo Grandspawn that we could perhaps play an online game of chess and sent him a link to tutorials on lichess.org. Today, he challenged me to a game, despite not having looked at the material or ever before playing. I was happily surprised at how well he did, just playing by intuition and following the gameboard guidemarks for play. It's been 50 years since I last played and he had me pondering my moves as we played four matches in just over an hour. I'm not quite desperate enough to seek out an algorithmic advantage but I think I may have to study and practice on my own a bit more.

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