Is there a chess engine that just makes random moves?
Sort:
Platzerwasel
Feb 5, 2017
0
#1
Legal moves like has to move out of check, but other than that totally random
Feb 5, 2017
0
#2
I've heard of a few. One that I have a link for is:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~vermeire/BrutusRND.rar
And a forum discussion on the topic:
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50695
Any engine at level 1
Feb 5, 2017
0
#4
Monie49 wrote:
Any engine at level 1
Not really. If the engine has ANY non-randomness to it, it will absolutely kill the random mover.
I'll be your engine.......i excel at random moves
There was a chimp in Chessmaster 2 for PlayStation, if I'm not wrong.
Feb 5, 2017
0
#7
Pulpofeira wrote:
There was a chimp in Chessmaster 2 for PlayStation, if I'm not wrong.
Stanley - but not completely random, if I remember correctly.
And besides he knew the en passant rule!
Feb 5, 2017
0
#9
The chess app. "Spark Chess" has as it's weakest strength a character named Cody which blunders constantly. Maybe not random but not far off it.
Feb 26, 2017
0
#10
I just came across another random mover: DanaSah 6.5. It's a normal, strong engine, but one of its easy levels is "random move". Note that there is a separate executable file for the "limitstrength" version. The normal, strong version is "danasah650.exe", and the limitstrength version is "danasah650_ls.exe".
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63185
https://sites.google.com/site/danasah/
(The only thing I don't like about the DanaSah random move mode is that it moves instantly.)
ok
One thing that might surprise you - if the engine just added random value to each move, then 1-move analysis will work as normal random chess engine, but deeper analysis (still with random values) will make the engine be better.
Nov 6, 2020
0
#14
Wouldn’t a neural network chess engine like Leela just make random legal moves in its first training game? I think it’s open source. Theoretically you could erase the training data after each game. Just a thought.
Nov 6, 2020
0
#15
@long_quach - in the field of computer science an engine is different from a program. Engines are the central part of a program, but an engine is generally capable of running in different programs. There’s a Wikipedia article entitled “software engines” if you want to have a look.
EscherehcsE 写道:
I just came across another random mover: DanaSah 6.5. It's a normal, strong engine, but one of its easy levels is "random move". Note that there is a separate executable file for the "limitstrength" version. The normal, strong version is "danasah650.exe", and the limitstrength version is "danasah650_ls.exe".
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63185
https://sites.google.com/site/danasah/
(The only thing I don't like about the DanaSah random move mode is that it moves instantly.)
I downloaded this and i'm opening it in arena, but I can't figure out how to put it on level 1, its random move level. do you have any tips?
Sep 10, 2022
0
#17
Bittrsweet wrote:
EscherehcsE 写道:
I just came across another random mover: DanaSah 6.5. It's a normal, strong engine, but one of its easy levels is "random move". Note that there is a separate executable file for the "limitstrength" version. The normal, strong version is "danasah650.exe", and the limitstrength version is "danasah650_ls.exe".
http://talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63185
https://sites.google.com/site/danasah/
(The only thing I don't like about the DanaSah random move mode is that it moves instantly.)
I downloaded this and i'm opening it in arena, but I can't figure out how to put it on level 1, its random move level. do you have any tips?
I had to reboot into Windows to refresh my memory. First, you just install the "danasah650_ls.exe" engine into Arena as a UCI engine, as you would normally do. Then go into engine configuration, and in the "Easy level" dropdown menu, select "Random mover". That's pretty much it.