Build An Adversary In A Few Easy Lessons

This tutorial will teach you to build a computer game AI using "adversary search". I will show you how to build a computer opponent for a simple "mini" chess game in a series of small steps. In doing this, we will see how these players can be built for other chess-like games. Along the way, you will learn some computer science, some software engineering, and some coding skills.

Lessons

1. . Rules of MiniChess
2. . Build a MiniChess Board
3. . Build a MiniChess Mover
4. . Build a MiniChess Move Generator
5. . Build a MiniChess Random Player
6. . Build a MiniChess State Evaluator
7. . Build a Depth-Limited Negamax Search
8. . Add Alpha-Beta Pruning to the Search
9. . Do Iterative Deepening Timed Search
10. 1. Build a MiniChess Player
11. 1. Connect your player to IMCS
12. 1. Some Improvements
13. 1. Validate Your Program