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Subject: Re: My first chess program ;-)

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 13:58:39 05/08/02

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On May 08, 2002 at 16:32:37, Steffen Basting wrote:

>Hi!
>I've just written my first chess program. It searches about 6 plies ahead
>(standard alpha - beta with iterative deepening + aspiration windows) plus
>quiescent search. As it is quite frustrating that it is often victim to traps
>(especially when men are pinned) i wonder how to improve the playing strength.
>It would be nice to hear some suggestions - i am a beginner to chess
>programming...
>
>Best regards, Steffen

Get winboard/xboard and interface your program to it. Then either download some
more winboard/xboard engines OR connect to the Internet Chess Club and find LOTS
of opponents online there.

Andrew

• Re: My first chess program ;-) Steffen Basting 14:09:56 05/08/02
  • Re: My first chess program ;-) Pham Minh Tri 16:43:11 05/08/02
    • Re: My first chess program ;-) Dann Corbit 17:03:16 05/08/02
      • Re: My first chess program ;-) Hans van der Zijden 00:21:15 05/09/02
        • Re: My first chess program ;-) Leo Dijksman 09:31:00 05/09/02
      • Re: My first chess program ;-) Pham Minh Tri 17:33:10 05/08/02
      • Re: My first chess program ;-) Dann Corbit 17:05:06 05/08/02
  • Re: My first chess program ;-) Andrew Williams 14:27:37 05/08/02
    • Re: My first chess program ;-) Gian-Carlo Pascutto 14:29:25 05/08/02
      • Re: My first chess program ;-) Steffen Basting 14:40:53 05/08/02
        • Re: My first chess program ;-) Andrew Williams 14:52:21 05/08/02

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