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Subject: Re: Which open source chess program has the fastest move generator?

Author: Dennis Breuker

Date: 02:02:08 04/26/03

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On April 25, 2003 at 15:55:02, Uri Blass wrote:

>On April 25, 2003 at 15:49:14, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On April 25, 2003 at 06:11:38, Dennis Breuker wrote:
>>
>>>Hi everyone,
>>>
>>>I am looking for the source of the chess program with the fastest
>>>move generator. I am *not* interested in the speed of the
>>>evaluation function, update board, etc.
>>>
>>>What program (with available source) has the fastest move generator?
>>>Crafty? MSCP? TSCP? Others?
>>
>>Non-bitboard, this one is pretty fast:
>>Greko 2.15:
>>White(1): perft 5
>>
>>Nodes:  4865609
>>Time:   1.6 s
>>
>>Bitboard, this one is pretty fast:
>>Crafty:
>>Crafty v19.3
>>
>>White(1): perft 5
>>total moves=4865609  time=2.08
>>White(1):
>
>He is not interested in the speed of update board and for calculating
>perft you need to update the board in make move.

You are right. Still, I think that programs with fast perft
have a high probability of having a fast move generator.

>Note that I do not see a reason to be interested in the faster move generator
>because it is possible to have faster move generator by slower makemove that
>generates important information for the move generator.

I agree. However, as I mentioned in
http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?294623
I am not intending to write a chess playing program!

>Uri

Dennis



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