"Clever chess AI needs a pretty fast binary/cpu" - Yep!, years ago, when I was writing my "Blitz Chess" talking chess program on my Amiga, I came across a stumbling block -it relies on tens of thousands of book moves to be any good. I used to wonder why so many chess programs/machines boasted about the number of book moves - it's coz they cheat on the AI! The problem is always going to be when someone plays a duff move (especially someone who can't play chess) and then you have to rely on the AI right from the beginning.
Interesting diversion "Ross C" is your current project going to feature a chess game?
Interesting diversion "Ross C" is your current project going to feature a chess game?