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Ask HN: Analog Chess Tournament?

61 pointsby temporalpartsover 2 years ago
Jumping off of this post: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=34370440" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=34370440</a><p>I thought it&#x27;d be fun to host a tournament to see what creative strategies people can come up with. I think the code might need to be cleaned up a tad ;)<p>I&#x27;d be willing to put $1,000 down personally to the prize pool.<p>1. What do people think? 2. Does anybody have any experience hosting such a tournament? Any advice? 3. Anybody wanna help make this happen?

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sillysaurusxover 2 years ago
I’ll match your $1k! DM me on Twitter if this takes off. Cheers for the ambition.<p>As for hosting the tournament, try to get GothamChess involved. It’s wacky enough that he might just be interested.<p>(Can’t wait to hear him shout “and they sacrifice… THE ROoOOok!”)
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ehulinskyover 2 years ago
Holy shit, that would be amazing! I released this mainly because I really want to know what the best strategies are and how different it is from normal chess.
Ruphinover 2 years ago
If you would want to run a tournament for this you&#x27;ll probably need a better client, potentially with built-in online play. I could be tempted to work on something web based, but it would take a while to finish.
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imachine1980_over 2 years ago
I&#x27;m not have a buck(live in South America) not experience hosting chess tournaments, I host in person and online bordgame for 20-100 people, if you need help contact me, ig lautaro_philip
etothepiiover 2 years ago
Is it an interesting question? Would alpha zero be able to solve it quicker? To what resolution would the game be played?
hargupover 2 years ago
Down to participate in the contest.
S4Mover 2 years ago
I will join if someone organizes it!
jdthediscipleover 2 years ago
Count me in!
steponlegoover 2 years ago
Analog chess? It&#x27;s inherently digital. 8 integers either way, outcomes are binary.