Bitboard

[ethanara]

Hello.
I would start making a engine, and i have readed in CPW that the first thing to do is making a board representation.
I understand the basics of bitboards, but i dont know where to start.
Is there anyone with a example, tutorial, link etc. out there ?
Ethanara

[Mark]

Hello.
I would start making a engine, and i have readed in CPW that the first thing to do is making a board representation.
I understand the basics of bitboards, but i dont know where to start.
Is there anyone with a example, tutorial, link etc. out there ?
Ethanara

Check out this link: http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38787

[bob]

Hello.
I would start making a engine, and i have readed in CPW that the first thing to do is making a board representation.
I understand the basics of bitboards, but i dont know where to start.
Is there anyone with a example, tutorial, link etc. out there ?
Ethanara

Check out this link: http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38787

Also go to my web page at UAB, (www.cis.uab.edu, then follow the path to faculty) and on my personal web page, there's a "board representation" write-up (pretty long, unfortunately) that describes everything but magic (which I need to add as an update)...

[ethanara]

Thanks for the links.
I havent yet started making a magic bitboard, and i will not copy because of it is not my code, then i have a bit harder to understand it and to work with it.
Arent there a sample or something?

[Edmund]

Arent there a sample or something?

Pradu Kannan kindly left his code Open Source and it is widly used.

http://www.pradu.us/old/Nov27_2008/Buzz/
http://www.pradu.us/old/Nov27_2008/Buzz ... cmoves.zip