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Subject: Re: 0x88 is not so smart

Author: Alessandro Damiani

Date: 02:32:16 06/14/00

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On June 13, 2000 at 23:18:54, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On June 13, 2000 at 16:53:39, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>
>>Combine two approaches -- 0x88 and 10x12. Use 12x16 board, and access board by
>>    board[0x20+square]
>>(In C/C++ you can define macro for that).
>>
>>Than in each case you can use more appropriate of 2 methods.
>
>
>Well actually Eugene it is what I do already. Sorry, I should have stated this
>more clearly in my post. I don't use 12x12 or 10x12. I use 16x16 (actually I
>just need 16x12).
>
>I don't even need to add 0x20... That's why I think 16x12 is more efficient than
>0x88, and this comes from close examination of what a typical chess program does
>most of the time.
>
>
>    Christophe

The next step are bitboards.

Alessandro



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