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Siisi V asked in Games & RecreationBoard Games · 4 years ago

Can you trap computer?

Can you use a trap against chess engine? One can fool human, but a computer that does check all possible positions EVERY time?

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  • 4 years ago

    Depending on the skill level set for the computer, it's possible... but extremely improbable that a computer will fall for common traps since the standard "brute force" deal that chess engines generally do is analyze & evaluate (with a score) for every possible move it has available to select the best move it's checked (as computers will do some Min-Maxing).

    Therefore, it'll most likely calculate a low score for such moves & discard them as viable options to avoid such traps... It's not a guarantee in all cases.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    On a computer like Deep Blue, no, unless you were very, very good. But on many chess programs, you can lower the difficultly level and it makes mistakes on purpose.

  • 4 years ago

    The chess engine would have to be set to a very low level to have it fall victim to a well-known chess trap. If it is set to a higher level it will not fall victim to it.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Yes, it's possible, but it's becoming increasingly difficult, and well-nigh impossible for most players. The good news is, once you've found the weak point, you can keep winning with the same tactic!

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Weak ones, yes. The best ones. no.

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