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Subject: Re: Aclaration and simple question to all CCC members

Author: José Carlos

Date: 00:12:53 10/28/99

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On October 27, 1999 at 20:52:52, Nicolas Carrasco wrote:

>Dear Guys,
>
>The source code I posted on CCC was a pseudo code except when I said that it was
>an extraction of my chess program. That is why I had the: "if (score>beta)" and
>"score = -AlphaBeta(-depth,-beta,-alpha)" mistakes.
>
>Thank you for being patient helping me!
>
>I hate hearing from you telling me that I must know what I type on my chess
>program (like "I am mixing code from many engines"). OF COURSE I must know what
>I am writing, and that is why I ask you for some help. I can write a great
>engine without knowing how MIN-MAX works, but that is not my idea.
>
>I want to aclare you that I am writing a "chess engine" with your help in order
>to know exactly how to rewrite my original engine without asking you how Alpha
>Beta works.
>
>My actual proyect is to write a simple two 64 arrays board representation engine
>with help. And after I finish step 1, I will do a single 64 array board
>representation board engine without seeing any source and pseudo code until I
>finish the honest "UruChess 0.01"(I promise that a UruChess 1.00 will be
>stronger than 2500 elo and I know it is a extremly difficult achivement).
>
>I think that doing a CHESS ENGINE with help and later other CHESS ENGINE without
>help (for example: with different board representation) is better than starting
>your first engine alone as Jose Carlos does(with all respect).

  I diagree. I bet you don't understand what you are doing. And that's a
terrible mistake. But I don't want to tell you how to do things. Do what you
want.

  José C.

>Can anybody answer this question:
>
>What is faster a single 64 array for piece and color or two 64 arrays for Board
>Representation? I think one single array is slower at the genertor and faster at
>the hash tables, I am correct?
>
>Please write anything you think about this message.
>
>I am waiting special comments from Bob Hyatt, Michel Chassey, Carlos Julio,
>Jeroen, Tom Kerrigan, Antonio Dieguez and all guys that want!!!!!!!!
>
>Thanks



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