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Subject: Re: Bitboard question

Author: Bas Hamstra

Date: 07:07:47 12/10/01

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On December 10, 2001 at 08:05:42, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On December 10, 2001 at 06:02:46, Bas Hamstra wrote:
>
>>On December 10, 2001 at 04:13:05, Andrew Dados wrote:
>>
>>>On December 10, 2001 at 03:40:53, Russell Reagan wrote:
>>>
>>>>At http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~cmf/chess/theory.html it says:
>>>>
>>>>"Most top chess programs these days use bitboards."
>>>>
>>>>Is this true?
>>>
>>>No. The opposite is true.
>>>
>>>non bitboard programs:
>>>commercial: tiger, fritz, junior, diep, rebel, genius, nimzo
>>>amateur: most
>>>ferret non-bitboard, too.
>>>
>>>bitboard programs: afik none commercial. crafty, insomniac and few more.
>>>
>>>then to some extend all programs may use bitboards especially to carry around
>>>pawn structure info.
>>>
>>>-Andrew-
>>
>>Correction: Fritz uses bitboards. Non rotated.
>>
>>Bas.
>
>No it doesn't.

Just ask Frans.


Bas.









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