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Subject: Re: Hi I am new here

Author: Steffen Jakob

Date: 08:22:01 10/23/02

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On October 23, 2002 at 09:40:38, René Pickhardt wrote:

>Hey everybody, I am new here I started working on chess programs like 6 months
>ago. Now I figured that I want to write a good program. That is why I am here.
>My old chessprogramm did use minimax 3 plies in depth did use a 2d short array
>to represent the board and did not include any special rules like 50 move rule
>en passant and castling. The evaluation function was also pretty small.
>My old program showed me though, that it is possible to program a computer in
>order to play chess and win against humans...
>Now I want to start over but correctly. Does anybody here know any good books //
>ebooks // tutorials ( english or german ) that describe the idea of bitboards
>tell me important things about computer chess. I am not a complete newbie I know
>a little bit about the way a chess program should work...
>Thanks for your help guys. The best help would be the recommandation of a good
>book...

Hi René,

this master thesis should help you:

http://brick.bitpit.net/~marcelk/2002/marcelk-thesis.pdf

Greetings,
Steffen.



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