Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 03:56:27 06/14/00
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On June 14, 2000 at 05:32:16, Alessandro Damiani wrote:
>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
How many of the top programs actually use bitboards?
Christophe
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