Author: Sam Slutzky
Date: 22:17:44 10/28/00
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On October 28, 2000 at 19:16:06, leonid wrote: >Hello! > >Please give definition of expression: "Move generator". > >I found already few times that my understanding of this expression is not usual. >By reading one recent message here in Chess Club, that speak about "move >generator", I just wanted to become sure about this expression. > >For the sake of "maybe needed", will say what I thought "move generator" is in >reality. Move generator is the part of the code that generate all moves for >given position. Usually (at least in my program) this part generate all legal >moves for given position and make initial alignment of moves in its chain. > >To generate the initial 20 moves in the game (just as example) move generator >should be called once to produce them all. > >Thanks for your explantion! >Leonid. Many programs actually generate all pseudo-legal moves in a given position and don't check for things like moving into check until the move is actually played to save time in case the move is never used. Sam
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