It just means analyzing more than one move at a time. Any engine supporting the UCI protocol should be able to do it. Like Stockfish, which is free.[1] So you don't need to create a new engine to implement this feature. It might be possible to implement it with a bash script. Certainly with JS.[2]
Stockfish does have a "skill level" setting, and it's not terrible at faking club-level play (if you have the Play Magnus mobile app, it's just Stockfish at different skill levels). However, as of 2013 the implementation is much more primitive than what I'm suggesting here.[3]
To be clear, even though it's incredibly obvious, I've never seen this idea anywhere else. It first occurred to me after reading the original Guid & Bratko paper on intrinsic ratings in 2006. Happy to continue this offlist if you want to work on it. My e-mail is in my profile.
I actually understood what you meant, I just think it's funny when we use "just" right before saying something that seems complex (even if it isn't actually all that complex).
Having said that, I only added the link to that comic because I didn't want to just write a comment saying "thanks for the links", and I'm only replying again, because I'm hoping it continues the pattern where you keep replying to my replies with super interesting links!
Stockfish does have a "skill level" setting, and it's not terrible at faking club-level play (if you have the Play Magnus mobile app, it's just Stockfish at different skill levels). However, as of 2013 the implementation is much more primitive than what I'm suggesting here.[3]
To be clear, even though it's incredibly obvious, I've never seen this idea anywhere else. It first occurred to me after reading the original Guid & Bratko paper on intrinsic ratings in 2006. Happy to continue this offlist if you want to work on it. My e-mail is in my profile.
[1] http://support.stockfishchess.org/kb/advanced-topics/uci-pro...
[2] https://www.npmjs.com/package/stockfish
[3] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/fishcooking/4Q6BQyHeRJ...