Author: John Coffey
Date: 09:50:40 06/23/00
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On June 23, 2000 at 02:16:47, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On June 22, 2000 at 19:53:43, John Coffey wrote: > >>On June 22, 2000 at 19:46:22, John Coffey wrote: >> >>>Hard to believe that I started this thread. There are still details about >>>bitboards that I am curious about. I think that I will order "Chess Skill in >>>Man and Machine." >>> >>>Thanks to all who responded. >>> >>>I had trouble submitted this post and had to try 7 times. >>> >>>John Coffey >> >>Amazon.com lists 3 editions. The only one not out of print is dated early >>80's. I question if I want to spend $31 for a 2 decade old reference. Is it >>worth it? >> >>John Coffey > >Almost everything you can find is really low density. There is a nice article >about Chess 4.5, and there's some general history and a lot of text that you >might get some ideas from. > >I have the majority of books published in English on the topic, I think. Most >the the books have one or two good articles in them, but there's nothing really >that really hits the spot, if you just want to infuse knowledge into your head. > >bruce I haven't really found an explanation of bitboards yet that explains them in a way that I can understand them. I have searched on the net and what I found is really only a general description with maybe showing that you can & bits, but not really explaining move generation. Dr. Hyatt said to read this book. Since I haven't seen it, I wonder if it will give me a good explanation of bitboards. John Coffey
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