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Subject: Re: Chess Programming Terms

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 01:26:20 10/18/03

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On October 18, 2003 at 04:04:10, adam ruiz wrote:

>
> Hello all, i am new to chess programming and i am reading old posts because
>probably most of my questions are already covered there. My problem is that
>there is a lot of chess terms, and i am always asking myself "what is nullmove?"
>or "what is fail low?" or "R=3?" so i wonder if there is a appendix about chess
>terms or some glossary i can read. Is there a link or something (maybe a single
>page) or perhaps some of you could write a list with a short description and
>post it here. (i am not asking for explanation of algorytms on it, just "minor"
>terms like: R, prunning, fail-low.. etc.)
>
> Thanks in advance!

Probably better to start with this stuff:

http://www.aarontay.per.sg/Winboard/glossary.html

http://www.brucemo.com/compchess/programming/

http://www.chessbrain.net/beowulf/theory.html



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