On Lichess mobile app, Stockfish 7 and 8 almost exclusively start with 1. e4 if I play as Black. Is it possible for the Lichess team to diversify the AI's first move ?
You can go to board editor and play white's first move, then click continue from here.
If you go to board editor -> play 1 d4 then click play against computer as Black, the AI would move again. Plus, it's such a hassle. Why can't you just click the play icon and have another game against the AI where it doesn't play 1 e4 for a change ?
IMHO it would be cool if the AI played from some sort of opening book at some sort of depth (dependent upon the AI level).
At chess engine competitions, the starting position is randomly selected from an opening book; so modern chess engines have no opening knowledge.
At chess engine competitions, the starting position is randomly selected from an opening book; so modern chess engines have no opening knowledge.
Or just a diversity on first move in general. When I play vs Stockfish 7 on my phone it's 90% 1. e4 :(
Might as well skip the opening book and have an optional random first move or a selectable first move for main line training purposes. The default would be "1. e4"... for all levels.
Rematches would alternate colors and if another rematch, the second main line would be used. As rematches are done, the player would have cycled through different white openings.
Rematches would alternate colors and if another rematch, the second main line would be used. As rematches are done, the player would have cycled through different white openings.
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