Omnipotent Opponent

专利名称：Omnipotent Opponent发明人：Scott Lawrence Patten申请号：US10907915申请日：20050420

公开号：US20060240886A1公开日：20061026

摘要：Traditionally, a computer chess program will take the current state of theboard (the position of the pieces in play) and using a database of moves, it will selectwhat it feels is the best move. This is how every computer chess program works. TheOmnipotent Opponent uses an entirely different approach. In a game of chess there is afinite sized board (8×8 squares), and finite number of pieces (16 black and 16 white). Atany given time only a finite number of pieces can move and they can only move in a finitenumber of directions. Therefore, it is possible to plot every single move that could everbe made in a game of chess and every resulting outcome of the game. Once this data hasbeen generated, it could be analyzed in reverse (working from the end game to the start)and each phase of the game could be marked with the best move. Using this best movedata, one would always know the best move to make at any point in any chess game.Equipped with this information, one would never loose. Not because they are able to planmoves ahead in the game, but rather because they already know exactly what theoutcome of every move could ever be. This system is not confined to the game of chess.It can be used with any game as long as the game can be properly analyzed. Otherexamples are checkers and tic-tac-toe. With all the games, the procedure involves thesame three steps: First, plot every possible move to the end of the game. Second,

analyze the results starting at the end, and mark the best moves. Third, use the ‘bestmove’ data. Obviously this system does not work for every game. The two factors thatwill prevent this system from working with a game are: First, Any game involving chance. Agame cannot be plotted if it involves dice, face down cards, flipping a coin, or any otherrandom outcome. Second, it cannot contain any infinite variables. A game cannot beplotted if it involves an unlimited number of pieces.

申请人：Scott Lawrence Patten

地址：MARINA CA 93933 US

国籍：US

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