Author: Ross Boyd
Date: 06:31:02 06/28/03
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On June 27, 2003 at 12:41:04, Russell Reagan wrote: >I'm interested to learn what the programming experience is of people who have >written strong chess programs. > Hi Russell, I've been fascinated by computer chess since 1983 when I was 22. I liked it so much I wanted to write my own. In 1986 I bought an Atari ST and taught myself programming in GFA BASIC just to write a chess program. Then, in 1988 I started a traineeship as an analyst/programmer using PL/1, then moved to xBase languages and VB and MS-VBA. Have been a professional a/p since 1988. Wrote first chess program in GFA BASIC. Second in Clipper 5.2!!! Then QBasic... Then Euphoria! Then bit the bullet and started coding in C. First public release was TRACE 1.0.0 in ~Feb 2003 based on TSCP code with some extra doodads like null move and hash tables... Chess programming has never lost its fascination. It's a tremendous creative challenge... I hope one day to have TRACE playing at 2600+... well, thats the dream... 500 points to go... :-) Regards, Ross
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