Is Engine Bughouse Chess Possible?

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Sicilian101
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Is Engine Bughouse Chess Possible?

Post by Sicilian101 »

This question is for the programmers: Is it possible to tune chess engines to play Bughouse against another engine?
I'm curios since my friends (some are National Masters and FIDE Masters) love playing Bughouse in pubs and bars so the though just occurred to me if top rated Engines play bughouse against each other what are the new "Bughouse Theory" we may discover by observing a collection of Bughouse games by top engines.

For those of you not familiar with Bughouse there are some theory like sac on f7 or f2 is an idea, piece value doesn't really mean much, for example you can sac your Queen for a pawn, etc.
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Re: Is Engine Bughouse Chess Possible?

Post by sscg13 »

Fairy-Stockfish can already play bughouse; you can surely find some games if you search enough.
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Re: Is Engine Bughouse Chess Possible?

Post by Dann Corbit »

Taking ideas is not a vice, it is a virtue. We have another word for this. It is called learning.
But sharing ideas is an even greater virtue. We have another word for this. It is called teaching.