From: Gavin Kistner <gavin@...>
Date: 2005-06-10T22:17:20+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Chess Variants (I) (#35)

On Jun 10, 2005, at 7:07 AM, Ruby Quiz wrote:
> This week, the Ruby Quiz is to build an engine for two player  
> chess.  Note that
> I said "two player" there.
> [...]
> The game should
> prevent illegal moves, make sure the right player moves at the  
> right time,
> declare a winner when a game ends, etc.
> [...]
> If you are not familiar with the rules of chess, you can read about  
> them here:
>
>     http://www.chessvariants.com/d.chess/chess.html
>
> Note the description of the "en-passant" rule for pawns.
> [...]
> Some people are also unaware that you can
> castle to queenside, but you can as the rules show.
> [...]
> You should recognize check (because it affects legal moves) and  
> checkmate (as it signals
> the end of the game).

This looks like a fun problem and (as my past two quizzes have shown)  
I'm not a great judge of time required for a problem, but...is it  
really expected that the above should take 30-60 minutes for an  
average coder?

Am I that slow to imagine that the above is 3-5 hours (at minimum)?