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Subject: Re: Understanding chess software

Author: Chris Carson

Date: 04:50:44 12/03/99

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On December 02, 1999 at 09:41:57, Pekka Karjalainen wrote:

>>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.

Pekka,

See:  http://www.clark.net/pub/pribut/chess.html

This is the FAQ for a different Computer Chess Group, but
most of the information is relevant for this site.  A FAQ
for CCC would be nice.  :)

Best Regards,
Chris Carson



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