I think an engine will have a huge problem evaluating positions without Kings on the board. It would probably(if such program existed) eval all positions the same, and therefore make sub-optimal moves.
Chess program to play without the king
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Best to set up the positions and then have the kings set somewhere out of the way. I haven't seen any engine that works without the kings, since most chess software is designed to calculate the best move toward checkmate.
Without the kings the game is not chess. Because the goal of the game of chess is to... (not to grab pawns) but to give checkmate, and you can do that ONLY if there are kings.
I think he wants to set up simple puzzles for beginners, in order to get them to learn how the pieces move.
I believe it's called "the pawn game". Maybe that phrase will help you look for software that plays it.
Dec 27, 2013
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Thank you very much for all the responses. The reason I am asking is connected with the book by Karpov (who seems to know what chess is) I have and which have a lot of exercises with pawns only (or pawns and one or two pieces only) which I would be happy to do on the computer. And, yes, it is a book for beginners (mainly children)
It's not an unreasonable request but all the engines and GUI's I'm aware of necessarily enforce the legality of the position. IOW, there must be 2 kings on the board!
it kind of ruins everything if there's no king.
Daimonion wrote:
Thank you very much for all the responses. The reason I am asking is connected with the book by Karpov (who seems to know what chess is) I have and which have a lot of exercises with pawns only (or pawns and one or two pieces only) which I would be happy to do on the computer. And, yes, it is a book for beginners (mainly children)
What is the title of the book? I would be very interested in seeing the exercises as well.
seriously. not having a king really kind of ruins it all. I'm not joshing you.
Dec 28, 2013
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Thanks. I know that there is a problem for an engine - an evaluation function has to be modified somehow.
For a book (I don't know if there is an English translation) see:
http://www.chessm.ru/product-116255/
Hello,
I am looking for a chess program (optimally, a free one) in which one can set a position without the kings and then play it agains an engine. I need it to train some simple technical skills such as dealing with pawns vs pawns settings.
Yours,
Daimonion