Hello!
How did you do with two computers ?
Comp. vs. Comp.
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Apr 5, 2009
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It's always interesting to see programs play each other. The computer chess world championship is the number 1 place to look. 
Intrigued by your results, I did my own experiment, and indeed...
It would appear that the chess.com computer is outplaying itself. Whether white wins every game, there is simply not enough evidence to say.
You could probably set a computer to play itself easierly by using the computer rather than having to do it manually.
OMGdidIrealyjustsact wrote:
You could probably set a computer to play itself easierly by using the computer rather than having to do it manually.
Yes, but in both these games we are using Little Chess Partner, so this is not possible.
Interesting. So because they were both the same computers and because white won both time, can we say that black is generally at a little disadvatage.
-Thinker- wrote:
Interesting. So because they were both the same computers and because white won both time, can we say that black is generally at a little disadvatage.
Not necessarily. It would be foolish to base a conclusion on just two such games. This could easily come down to chance- more evidence would be needed to draw any reasonable theories.
Nytik wrote:
-Thinker- wrote:
Interesting. So because they were both the same computers and because white won both time, can we say that black is generally at a little disadvatage.
Not necessarily. It would be foolish to base a conclusion on just two such games. This could easily come down to chance- more evidence would be needed to draw any reasonable theories.
Computer vs computer is called a 'shootout' when its the same version against itself. Proper chess engines have an option to play this e.g. Winboard, Shredder.
There are no conclusions to draw, especially with something as weak as LittleChessPartner.
The only thing about chess computers easily beating itself is that it probably chose a sub-optimal opening.
So, there I was on a REALLY boring Sunday afternoon. I had nothing to do and a high speed internet. I had just finished a couple of games with my friends, so I wasn't in much mood to play another game so soon. Then I had an idea. I opened two windows and set them to play against the chess.com computer. I set both to hard, but I set one to play as white and the other as black. Then, I used the moves that the other window gave me, and effectively pitted the chess.com computer against itself. Agan, being really bored, I decided to record the game that followed.