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Stockfish 16 suggests the unconventional opening 1. RuntimeError: Out of bounds memory access

https://explainxkcd.com/3020/

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[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 7 months ago (9 children)

I give it a week before someone makes a playable version

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Seems like the strategy should be to open up a diagonal with the original queen and just launch as many queens as quickly as possible into the field

[–] Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Na work your king backwards is the best strat

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago

I totally agree, which is why to make the game more interesting I propose to add a new rule: the king can't move behind his starting row.

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