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Subject: Re: how can i make my own winboard engine

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 14:51:17 05/24/02

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On May 24, 2002 at 17:04:47, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On May 24, 2002 at 16:42:44, Mustafa wrote:
>
>>please can anyone help me so that i can make my own winboard engine i don't know
>>nothing about programming so i need someone to really help me to make a good
>>attacking chess engine.....
>
>First, you must decide on a programming language.
>Then you must learn that programming language and learn it well.
>Expect this step to take about 2 years, bare minimum.
>
>Then you must learn fundamental algorithms.  You will want to be able to order
>things and reate lists, etc.
>
>Then you must learn the special chess searching algorithms.  (Actually, they
>apply to other games as well like Go and Othello)
>
>Then you must learn to write an evaluation function.  This is where your chess
>knowledge will come into play.  You can extracxt most of what you need from
>books, or from good chess players.
>
>Expect the whole project to take quite a while.
>
>Personally, I had 20 years of programming experience before I started and also a
>computer science related degree (Numerical Analysis).
>
>I have spent 7 years studying other chess programs, chess program papers, etc.
>
>I don't have anything I feel is worth releasing yet.  Quite likely, you can come
>up with something faster than I have.



Dann, here's a money-making idea for you:  Author a book called either "Chess
Programming for Dummies" or "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess Programming."
I haven't seen those titles yet.  ;-)




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