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by nath
Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:09 am
Forum: Help
Topic: Advices?
Replies: 9
Views: 31904

Re: Advices?

The win on corner vs win on edge is the biggest change one can think of. The main variant we have explored and found relatively solid is Copenhagen Hnefatafl (which is an extension of Fetlar Hnefatafl, so you can try that first if you want to get started). The issue with the draws can be much easier...
by nath
Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:06 am
Forum: Rules
Topic: General rules
Replies: 39
Views: 111563

Re: General rules

Hello unhandyandy, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'm not one to argue with the historical part, but I tend to disagree. Not only because the player who choose to end the game prematurely by repetition is basically a coward, which would have been unthinkable between vikings...I think the player w...
by nath
Wed Nov 21, 2018 2:21 pm
Forum: Rules
Topic: Copenhagen Hnefatafl
Replies: 153
Views: 269777

Re: Copenhagen Hnefatafl

Is there a real reason we want those draws anyways? 8/8b seem to strongly contradict rule 10. Why not simply declare this a black win? We did that in in various offline games, since that removes the dire need for an umpire all the time to decide with rule takes precedence (which is highly subjective...
by nath
Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:44 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Neural networks artificial intelligence
Replies: 13
Views: 36822

Re: Neural networks artificial intelligence

@Fishbreath: Do you think we can get the code nice and clean? I see that as the major issue. I actually say I'm very much interested in that route, and wouldn't mind contributing. Please don't compare everything to chess - that's a totally different game. Chess has much more complex representation b...
by nath
Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:29 pm
Forum: Help
Topic: Advices?
Replies: 9
Views: 31904

Re: Advices?

In case anybody is interested I'd love to contribute my knowledge about the game. While I've slightly gotten out of shape (Casshern and Plantagenet would almost surely beat me right now) recent years, I feel like there are a few basic concepts that really help with understanding game positions (gamb...
by nath
Mon Nov 19, 2018 1:22 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Nath-project
Replies: 32
Views: 62735

Re: Nath-project

If anybody thinks about revisiting this. Recent results of Leela Chess Zero show that a lot of this can be done with less resources. I think that these neronal stuff work much better with Hnefatafl than with chess, because we have an incredibly simple way of representing the features of the position...
by nath
Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:02 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Nath-project
Replies: 32
Views: 62735

Re: Nath-project

Brench - are you still in? I'd love to hear from you!
by nath
Wed Nov 22, 2017 12:01 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Youtube channel
Replies: 2
Views: 7146

Re: Youtube channel

I think the problem with the speech is not the overall volume (which can be increase fairly easily), but little dynamic variation of the voice which is probably due the same reason. I think it makes it less engaging to listen to, specially for players not used to the material overall. I'd be very in...
by nath
Wed Nov 15, 2017 3:17 am
Forum: Strategy
Topic: Compiling a list of openings
Replies: 36
Views: 82255

Re: Compiling a list of openings

My point is that we aren't getting anywhere near that "large population". You need a few geniuses to get closer to the perfect play, and despite our community stagnated a couple of years, there is some promise that players pick up the struggle to progress the game again. A lot of these tables only a...
by nath
Wed Nov 15, 2017 1:45 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Nath-project
Replies: 32
Views: 62735

Re: Nath-project

I'd never want to limit the ways we explore the game in any way. I don't have the gift of perfect foresight. I came to think in the past three years that NNs might even be better, since they might be used tell us something qualitative (not just in a quantitative "comparing" sense) about the game, wh...