Author: James Robertson
Date: 18:08:56 10/05/99
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On October 05, 1999 at 12:00:19, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I have finished writing a paper for the JICCA on the rotated bitmap approach >to chess... although it includes traditional (non-rotated) bitmaps as well >since an understanding of them is necessary to appreciate rotated bitmaps. > >There is very little literature to reference, excepting the paper in the >old Chess Skill in Man and Machine book, so I thought that I would at least >mention the names of current (and past, such as Kaissa) programs that are or >did use bitboards. > >If you are using them, either post the particulars here (name of program, >author, affiliation [if any], and so forth) and I'll include it. > >Thanks... > >Bob Tim Diamond (Green Lights Chess) explained the whole theory of rotated bitboards to me (thanks a _lot_, Tim), and I implemented them following his model. I am happy to say my bitboard code is 100% my own, although I believe it works very similarly to Crafty's bitboards. I suspect Green Lights Chess, Insomniac, Tristram?, and maybe Arasan? use bitboards most like Crafty...?? In other words, put my program's name in a prominent place in your paper. :) Program: Insomniac Author: James Robertson Strength: Very strong (err.....)
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