Author: Inmann Werner
Date: 02:02:13 06/10/00
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On June 09, 2000 at 13:19:42, KarinsDad wrote: >On June 09, 2000 at 13:01:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 09, 2000 at 11:24:51, aloysius wrote: >> >>>Where can I find really _very_simple_ chess programs' source codes? >> >> >>In your dreams, probably. >> >>:) >> >>Chess is non-trivial. What you are really asking is "where can I find a >>program that is pretty well state-of-the-art _and_ has a simple source. I >>don't think you will be able to find such an animal. Simple chess program >>is an oxymoron, IMHO. > >No kidding. It took me 3 hours last night to write and test my diagonal pin code >(about 100 lines of code). > >And I still have to create about 30 test positions to ensure that it will work >in "all" cases (king on edge, king near edge, king in middle) / directions. > >And, I still have to add in diagonal e.p. pins and horizontal e.p. pins >(vertical e.p. pins are handled by standard vertical pins). > >Sigh. > >KarinsDad :) and everytime, I make a real new version, I fall in the en-passant trap. This "animal" always gets confused :-(. And every time, making a no make-move and undo-move, somewhere down the search, some "ghost figures" confuse the search. It all is so nice simple , if you use the right + or - sign always :-) Werner
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