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Subject: Re: why write a fast chess program ?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 09:34:54 08/17/02

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On August 17, 2002 at 12:18:48, Andrew Williams wrote:

>On August 17, 2002 at 12:11:08, Engin Üstün wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>the most of computerchess programer is written a fast chessprogram and saved
>>time in all possible functions.
>>
>>i think that the solution is not fast search !
>>
>>a human chess player is not a fast seacher in chess, it's understand positions
>>and search some of selective moves.
>>
>>but this is the problem.
>>what for selective moves to search?
>>
>>it's pitty that most of the chess programs are fast BITBOARD based and not
>>selective search programs.
>>
>
>I suspect that only a small minority of programs are bitboard-based.
>
>Andrew

I can confirm that Movei is not a bitboard based but it also not based on
0x88(no mailbox arrays).

I read that the same is for Ax.

Uri



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