Author: scott farrell
Date: 19:50:30 01/13/03
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On January 13, 2003 at 19:14:14, Luis Smith wrote: Luis, My chompster engine is Java. It is reasonable strength (sfarrellc on ICC). I am entering it into CCT5 tourney this month. Chompster is rotated bit-board based - and does about 100Knps in the mid game on my celeron1.5ghz, it gives away a speed factor of about 6x-10x against major engines, and about 2.5x against slower engines. If you have any questions, or need any help, please ask. Scott >Hello everyone, > > About 1 year ago I started playing against chess programs. I wondered how >someone could produce such a thing. I did a few google searches and was led >here. After learning that chess engines were created in C++ and other >programming languages I really wanted to write my own, but I never could because >I was never able to afford the software needed. About 2 weeks ago I bought MS >C++ and was working through their tutorials. I found it very hard learning the >C++ language and essentially quit. > > After compiling my first very basic Java program at school, I decided to give >it another shot hoping it would come easier this time. After about 3 days of >solid studying I feel I have not progressed. Should I give up? Or are there >easier tutorials out there? Maybe programming isn't for everyone but I really >have the desire to create an engine. Opinions? Or maybe someone could give me >some info on some other programming languages. Any books or online tutorials >anyone could reccomend would be great. > >Thx in Advance > >Reguards >Luis
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