Author: Derrick Gatewood
Date: 14:49:31 03/29/99
A couple of months ago I was so intrigued by computer chess programs and having a small background with C++ I began to write my own program. I have to say one thing, my programming skills are comparable to the ability of a dog trying to beat crafty... I am not that great. I began my program with a 64 array. and had the values of the pieces in the array with 0 representing an empty square.. So far, so good. I then programmed all the legal moves for the pieces. Then here is where my lack of knowledge comes into place... I made it to where the search function is no actually a function, it is just a bunch of if, then, statements... So it played a random game of chess, but no real search. I soon became sick of this, errrr, program. I trashed that whole project. I am now starting from scratch. I was wondering if there are any web pages or books out there that will guide you from the beginning to the completion of a program. I dont want to look at any source in fear that I will copy... I dont want to do it this way. Please, any responses will be greatly appreciated. Thanks all.
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