Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 02:15:37 11/04/97
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On November 03, 1997 at 17:53:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 03, 1997 at 14:23:13, Chris Whittington wrote: > >> >>On November 03, 1997 at 12:57:32, Chris Carson wrote: >> >>>On November 03, 1997 at 12:43:55, Mark Taylor wrote: >>> >>>>Does anyone know of a Chess programming FAQ? >>>> >>>>I am writing a program, and have run into difficulties >>>>trying to implement a Transposition Table combined with >>>>iterative deepening, while working from written descriptions. >>>>I think I need some pseudo-code examples. >>>> >>>>I also have some questions regarding bit-board representation >>>>and how to implement them for maximum efficiency (I can't see >>>>a way of doing it efficiently). >>>> >>>>If no-one knows of a FAQ, then I could post my questions here >>>>but am not sure if this kind of post is acceptable. >>>> >>>>Either replies here, or direct email welcome. >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>> >>>>Mark. >>> >>>Try: http://www.xs4all.nl/~verhelst/chess/programming.html >> >>Or try the Crafty source. Everybody else does (which is no help to Bob >>come a tournament). >> >>Chris Whittington >> >>> >>>Best Regards, >>>Chris Carson > >Actually, things aren't as bad as you think. I've gotten quite a bit of >"donated" code over the past couple of years. Mark Bromley took my >original >rotated bitmap idea and created the "COMPACT_ATTACKS" version that runs >much >faster on PC's. Others have suggested this and that. And others simply >like >to talk about computer chess. > >All in all, it's been a "win"... > >I've won my share of computer tournaments. I enjoy the WMCCC event >because >there is *no* "top dog" that is uncatchable, as we had in the last 10 or >so >ACM events (Deep *). That makes things interesting, to say the least. > >I'm starting toward a new goal for '98, that of teaching Crafty how to >attack. I'm tired of seeing it defend. Now it's time to start swinging >a few punches offensively. Maybe not quite as wild as CSTal swings, but >swing nonetheless. :) I wonder how much the 'style' of a program relates to the personality of its programmer ? Thorsten, who speaks to most programmers, reckons there is a strong correlation. Chris > >Hopefully ideas will pop up in discussions here or on r.g.c.c, if we can >get past the "noise factor" certain people like to create. :)
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