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Newsletter 11: AnimalChess: Local img & style tweaks
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## Game Updates
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### Animal Chess [https://github.com/netcan/AnimalChess](https://github.com/netcan/AnimalChess)
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![AnimalChess](https://github.com/netcan/AnimalChess/raw/master/assets/animal_chess.png)
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Pronounced "Doe Show Chee" which means literally, Animal Fight Chess,
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This is a popular game in China, especially among children.
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### [Animal Chess][AnimalChess]
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It is apparently derived from the very popular Xiangqi — the Chinese form of chess.
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![Part of the game map](animal-chess.jpeg)
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Although Dou Shou Qi is not familiar to many in the western world,
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it has strong similarities to the game Stratego.
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^ _Part of the game map_
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The project use alpha beta pruning algorithm for AI, and provide python module to use
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AlphaZero algorithm for training, unfortunately it's restricted by my computing power,
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currently doesn't get best model.
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[Animal Fight Chess][AnimalChess] (斗兽棋, "Doe Show Chee") by [@netcan]
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is a Rust implementation of a popular Chinese game.
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#### Goal
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To win the game, one player successfully move any animal into
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the Den(兽穴)of the opponent or eat all animals of opponent.
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The basic move is just one space either forward, backward, left or right.
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To win the game, one player must successfully move any animal into
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the Den(兽穴) of the opponent or eat all animals of the opponent.
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The basic move is just one space either forward, backward, left, or right.
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The pieces never move diagonally.
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Each player has eight pieces, different animals, with different degrees of power,
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a larger power piece can eats little power piece, but rat can eats elephant.
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Here are the pieces, their English names, and their relative powers,
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indicated by number:
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[http://ancientchess.com/graphics-rules/dou_shou_qi_jungle_game-pieces-values.jpg](http://ancientchess.com/graphics-rules/dou_shou_qi_jungle_game-pieces-values.jpg)
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More details see:
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- [http://ancientchess.com/page/play-doushouqi.htm](http://ancientchess.com/page/play-doushouqi.htm)
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- [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_(board_game)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_(board_game))
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Each player has eight pieces,
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[different animals with different degrees of power][animal-chess-pieces],
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a larger power piece can eat a little power piece, but rat can eat elephant.
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Here's a picture of the pieces, their English names,
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and relative powers indicated by a number.
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See full rules at [ancientchess.com][animal-chess-rules]
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or [Wikipedia][animal-chess-wiki].
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The project uses alpha beta pruning algorithm for AI and provides
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a python module to use AlphaZero algorithm for training.
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[AnimalChess]: https://github.com/netcan/AnimalChess
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[@netcan]: https://github.com/netcan
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[animal-chess-rules]: http://ancientchess.com/page/play-doushouqi.htm
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[animal-chess-wiki]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_(board_game)
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[animal-chess-pieces]: http://ancientchess.com/graphics-rules/dou_shou_qi_jungle_game-pieces-values.jpg
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## Learning Material Updates
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