Checkers

• make help gives you a brief overview about options
• know the rules: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_draughts
  • 8x8 board, normal pieces move 1 step and jump 2 steps diagonal forward
  • crowned pieces move 1 and jump 2 steps, but also backwards
  • jumps must been taken, multiple jumps too
  • there is a draw timeout after 20 moves when only crowned pieces have moved
• in order to successfully pass this exercise, you have to make no invalid moves, this is a hard limit. Additional your player should win against a random player, but you do not have to play very strongly. Typically it suffices if you simply avoid being killed when possible.
• the master control program (mcp) will alternately send a board to each player and wait for the move in return. After checking the validity it will modify the board accordingly and transfer it to the other player.
• your task is to start with an empty my_player (rename it to your full name please), have a look at the example how to receive input and where to write the output to. You may copy code from the example_player only, from nowhere else
• for debugging your player, you might want to start the mcp with '-d', which will have the mcp report invalid moves, but without terminating the match
• if you want to test your own player with a very specific board, you can specify an initial state by using mcp -i <state>
• please do not hesitate to ask any questions early, this will save you and us time later on