maybe for very low ratings it's plausible?
1 elo per byte might happen in a tiny range
but at a useful strength it would break fast, that's what i think
What's the snallest possible program that accepts a chess board state and prints any legal move? True randomness may only have a couple hundred ELO, but then, that's pretty big for golf
The program that resigns every time unfortunately does a lot worse than random. But it depends on the population it's pitted against - it should at least pick up a few points against copies of itself.
iterance|15 days ago
dmurray|15 days ago