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Why so many such declarations/definitions exist in XBoard-4.9.1 ?

For instance from backend.h :
I did not see such a style even in K&R 2.

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How can I use Stockfish 10 as a default engine (for analysis) in XBoard ?

This defense is rarely played on the board.

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I studied the following book. It's codes are written in JavaScript , Python , C++ . The book is a recent and fine introduction on several AI methods.

Here is the book link.

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Currently world Fischer random chess 2019 is going in quarter finals. Unfortunately I can find the broadcast only in twitch.tv . I searched several chess broadcasting like chessbomb.com and chess24.com . None of them is broadcasting it.

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What is the description of "Stockfish 190826_dll_fix" playing in TCEC S16 ?

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What do you think about the claim that "Fat fritz" is stronger than Stockfish. Here is ChessBase article on this issue.

Anyway , as it is obvious , Magnus Carlsen's move and continuation is stronger.

Replaying the game in the following position: r1bq1rk1/ppp1nppp/1b6/8/3pB3/2P2N1P/PP3PP1/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 13 Can white play my move Bg5. Here is the game: [Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Date "2015.04.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1...

If I understand it correctly, ChessBase's 'tactical analysis' is similar to XBoard's Anayze Game. This only analyzes the main line of the game, though, and ignores any variations. So it is not really useful for scoring the alternative moves that the player entered in the Training phase. Of course i...