Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:32:42 06/23/00
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On June 23, 2000 at 12:50:40, John Coffey wrote: >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 Did you read my rotated bitmap article in the JICCA? If not, email me and I can send you an ASCII copy.
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