Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:19:46 02/12/00
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On February 12, 2000 at 20:02:26, José Carlos wrote: > Many things have been said about board representation (paticularly about >bitboards) and speed. I think it could be a nice idea (just for fun) to make an >statistic about what program use wich board representation and its aprox speed. >Could you post what b.r. do you use in your programs and aprox nps in midgame >(and the hardware used)? > I know it strongly depends on the amount of knowledge implemented, but it >could be just an aproximation. And it's just for fun... :) > > José C. This comparison is flawed, because there are two variables: board representation and chess engine concepts. IE I can write a bitmap program, and a mailbox program, and make _either_ faster by choosing what I eval/don't eval, how I generate moves, etc. IE the board representation is just _one_ issue that contributes to speed (NPS).
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