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A smidge off topic, but I'm curious; is there a place where you can upload (say) a chess bot you designed and play against other uploaded chess bots? (or any mo

A smidge off topic, but I'm curious; is there a place where you can upload (say) a chess bot you designed and play against other uploaded chess bots? (or any move base game, even as simple as 'paper rock scissors')?

monkpit 5y ago
Yeah, I also thought this was going to be bot vs bot :)
joshuamorton 5y ago
Lichess allows you to upload a custom bots and play them (and other can too), and I believe you can also run against other bots. There's also https://www.chess.com/computer-chess-championship https://www.chess.com/computer-chess-championship, but IDK how one enters.
ydnaclementine 5y ago
You can do so on lichess. Basically you create a chess engine, set it as a bot account, and let it go against other engines and real players. I don't do it myself, but more info here: https://lichess.org/blog/WvDNticAAMu_mHKP/welcome-lichess-bots https://lichess.org/blog/WvDNticAAMu_mHKP/welcome-lichess-bo... And here: https://lichess.org/api#operation/botAccountUpgrade https://lichess.org/api#operation/botAccountUpgrade
- gompertz 5y ago
  Oh! Excellent... Thanks!
jah 5y ago
You can also use the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) as a test bed for chess engines. The interface is telnet-based, so it's pretty easy to experiment with and learn. There's also "zippy" mode in xboard that allows you to connect your engine to FICS . The commands below will login as a guest and display all of the computer accounts. Use the finger command to find info about an account. telnet freechess.org g <ENTER> who C<ENTER> finger ACCOUNT Sadly, FICS has been dying a slow death for the past 10 years ... but there are plenty of idle CPU accounts waiting for an opponent.
GhettoComputers 5y ago
Haha I remember a friend had made a lisp one with as few lines as he could use, on his macbook which he used the gyro to install smackbook to change the virtual desktop. https://www.engadget.com/2006-05-25-smackbook-and-macsaber-best-two-reasons-to-buy-a-macbook.html https://www.engadget.com/2006-05-25-smackbook-and-macsaber-b... good times.

monkpit 5y ago

Yeah, I also thought this was going to be bot vs bot :)

joshuamorton 5y ago

Lichess allows you to upload a custom bots and play them (and other can too), and I believe you can also run against other bots. There's also https://www.chess.com/computer-chess-championship https://www.chess.com/computer-chess-championship, but IDK how one enters.

ydnaclementine 5y ago

You can do so on lichess. Basically you create a chess engine, set it as a bot account, and let it go against other engines and real players. I don't do it myself, but more info here: https://lichess.org/blog/WvDNticAAMu_mHKP/welcome-lichess-bots https://lichess.org/blog/WvDNticAAMu_mHKP/welcome-lichess-bo... And here: https://lichess.org/api#operation/botAccountUpgrade https://lichess.org/api#operation/botAccountUpgrade

gompertz 5y ago
Oh! Excellent... Thanks!

jah 5y ago

You can also use the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS) as a test bed for chess engines. The interface is telnet-based, so it's pretty easy to experiment with and learn. There's also "zippy" mode in xboard that allows you to connect your engine to FICS . The commands below will login as a guest and display all of the computer accounts. Use the finger command to find info about an account. telnet freechess.org g <ENTER> who C<ENTER> finger ACCOUNT Sadly, FICS has been dying a slow death for the past 10 years ... but there are plenty of idle CPU accounts waiting for an opponent.

GhettoComputers 5y ago

Haha I remember a friend had made a lisp one with as few lines as he could use, on his macbook which he used the gyro to install smackbook to change the virtual desktop. https://www.engadget.com/2006-05-25-smackbook-and-macsaber-best-two-reasons-to-buy-a-macbook.html https://www.engadget.com/2006-05-25-smackbook-and-macsaber-b... good times.