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Hi All,

If anyone is interested I'm starting a new blog about Chess Programming. It's an "over-the-shoulder-view" of engine development. I'm starting from scratch (other than my old Monarch i/o code) and creating a new engine called Maverick. I'll aim for frequent updates (possibly daily).

You can find out more here:

http://www.chessprogramming.net

Note: Maverick doesn't play chess yet - it's a brand-spanking-new project!

Steve

Steve thank you very much,

Nice site, I wish you good luck with the project, I mean lucky fun and feel satisfied.

As you say, do something original seems more and more difficult, it seems you have to walk avoiding copying more than writing code.
(My impression silly)

I like how you started the code with many explanations.

Thank you very much for that.
Do you have a fan in my (student).

Hi,
Thanks for the info, i will read your blog. Nice to hear good news.
Best regards
Jorge

Thanks. I've subscribed your blog. I read your blog every morning if there is an update.

Thanks Ted!

Steve Maughan wrote:Hi All,

If anyone is interested I'm starting a new blog about Chess Programming. It's an "over-the-shoulder-view" of engine development. I'm starting from scratch (other than my old Monarch i/o code) and creating a new engine called Maverick. I'll aim for frequent updates (possibly daily).

You can find out more here:

http://www.chessprogramming.net

Note: Maverick doesn't play chess yet - it's a brand-spanking-new project!

Steve

Nice blog.

BTW, what did you use to produce the chess diagrams? I may want to steal it for my web pages.

Hi Tom,

Tom Likens wrote:[...]
Nice blog.

BTW, what did you use to produce the chess diagrams? I may want to steal it for my web pages.

Thanks. I used Fritz and SnagIt. I then added the "x" using Photoshop!

Steve

Thanks Steve. Your blog inspired me to implement magic bitboards in my engine (Tucano). I was using plain bitboards but never took a serious look at magic bitboards. With your explanation I finally had a little push to implement it.
Keep up the good work

Hi Alcides -

I'm pleased you're taking the plunge! So far I've found magic bitboards to be anything but trivial. Let's hope they are worth the work. I think they probably will be,

Steve

Nice blog Steve, thanks for it.

I've already added it to my RSS feeder.

Best

E Diaz