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Subject: Re: Did Uri write movei? (yes)

Author: Pham Minh Tri

Date: 20:19:02 06/13/02

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On June 13, 2002 at 15:07:25, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On June 13, 2002 at 14:45:06, stuart taylor wrote:
>[snip]
>I think Uri has taken a very wise approach.  He spent a great deal of time
>optimizing a move generator.  This is the heart of a chess program.  A program
>that has everything else excellent, but an average move generator can become
>strong but not a superstar, because it will become a bottleneck at some point.
[snip]
>
>However, I think Uri's approach is a very sound one.  Start with a solid
>foundation and build upon that.  Take incremental steps towards a goal.  Since
>he is also an excellent chess player, I expect that he can insert special
>knowledge into his program and know when it is doing something awful (not always
>as easy as it sounds for us patzers).

Do you suggest and encourage newbies spend their first few years on move
generators only?



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