Tiny Chess Bot Coding Challenge - Evil Bot

[Mike Sherwin]

Those not on the TalkChess Bot team can be on the anti TalkChess Bot team, Evil Bot
Are any of you evil enough to oppose the "good" team?

Code: Select all

// EvilBot.cs
using ChessChallenge.API;
using System;

namespace ChessChallenge.Example
{
    // A simple bot that can spot mate in one, and always captures the most valuable piece it can.
    // Plays randomly otherwise.
    public class EvilBot : IChessBot
    {
        // Piece values: null, pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen, king
        int[] pieceValues = { 0, 100, 300, 300, 500, 900, 10000 };

        public Move Think(Board board, Timer timer)
        {
            Move[] allMoves = board.GetLegalMoves();

            // Pick a random move to play if nothing better is found
            Random rng = new();
            Move moveToPlay = allMoves[rng.Next(allMoves.Length)];
            int highestValueCapture = 0;

            foreach (Move move in allMoves)
            {
                // Always play checkmate in one
                if (MoveIsCheckmate(board, move))
                {
                    moveToPlay = move;
                    break;
                }

                // Find highest value capture
                Piece capturedPiece = board.GetPiece(move.TargetSquare);
                int capturedPieceValue = pieceValues[(int)capturedPiece.PieceType];

                if (capturedPieceValue > highestValueCapture)
                {
                    moveToPlay = move;
                    highestValueCapture = capturedPieceValue;
                }
            }

            return moveToPlay;
        }

        // Test if this move gives checkmate
        bool MoveIsCheckmate(Board board, Move move)
        {
            board.MakeMove(move);
            bool isMate = board.IsInCheckmate();
            board.UndoMove(move);
            return isMate;
        }
    }
}

[Mike Sherwin]

At least I can report that the Bot is free of any major bugs.

Game 1000 of 1000

MyBot:
Score: +1000 =0 -0
Num Timeouts: 0
Num Illegal Moves: 0

Evil Bot:
Score: +0 =0 -1000
Num Timeouts: 0
Num Illegal Moves: 0