REFERENCE FALLIBLE ENDGAME PLAY

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Haworth, G. Mc C.^{; 1}

Affiliations: Reading, UK

Note: [1] 33, Alexandra Rd., Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5PG, UK. Email: guy_haworth@hotmail.com. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the ICCA 7th Computer Olympiad Workshop, Maastricht (2002).

Abstract: A reference model of fallible endgame play is defined in terms of a spectrum of endgame players whose play ranges in competence from the optimal to the anti-optimal choice of move. They may be used as suitably skilled practice partners, to assess a player, to differentiate between otherwise equi-optimal moves, to promote or expedite a game result, to run Monte-Carlo simulations, and to identify the difficulty of a position or a whole endgame.

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2003-26204

Journal: ICGA Journal, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 81-91, 2003