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Subject: Re: Understanding chess software

Author: Pekka Karjalainen

Date: 06:41:57 12/02/99

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>On December 02, 1999 at 08:29:39, Joe Pechie wrote:
[...]
>>I am a little curious about how chess progams work.
[...]

On December 02, 1999 at 08:53:29, Chris Carson wrote in response:

>You will get a lot of responses to this.  Take a look at the
>CCC resource center, links.  You will find links to essays on
>how chess programs work and also code (Crafty is a very easy to
>understand program and is the strongest of the source avaliable).


  I wonder if there is some need for a good FAQ on the topics covered and terms
used in CCC?  A sort of piece for the casual reader who is 'little curious' and
just want to get a sense of what is talked about with terms like fail-lows and
hash tables.  Like me, for example, though I hope I've got fairly well up to
speed by now.

  Is there such a text that I have missed?  Would anyone be interested in
putting one together?

  BTW, FAQ means Frequently Asked Questions.  Perhaps a better name would be
  "Introduction to CCC and Computer Chess Programs" ?

 Best,
 Pekka K.



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