Solving a chess puzzle with Claude and Prolog
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- #Prolog
- #Logic Programming
- #Chess Puzzle
- Prolog is the original logic programming language invented by Philippe Roussel.
- Claude (Sonnet 4.6) was tasked with solving a chess puzzle by Martin Gardner on a 4x4 board with two rooks, two bishops, and two knights non-attacking.
- There are two fundamental solutions, with a total of twelve when counting rotations and reflections.
- Claude successfully generated a Prolog program that outputs the solutions and counts them, including up to symmetry, demonstrating Prolog's strength in logical problems.
- The source code includes predicates for piece attacks, board representation, and symmetry transformations.
- The experiment shows how LLMs can assist in generating code for logical puzzles, mitigating Prolog's quirky syntax.