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How to represent chess state with a bitboard
I'm interested in programming a chess engine and using bitboards to represent the state of the game. I know there are a few open source chess engines that use bitboards, but its not so easy to look at ...
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Programming chess engine [closed]
I'm a Java programmer, particularly an Android developer. I'm also a good chess player. My question is where do I start if I want to program a chess engine, may or may not be from scratch. Later I ...
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Chess engine in python
Are there any open-source chess engines that are written in primarily or fully in python? For example, Stockfish is written in primarily C++.
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How to tweak a chess engine like SF to return a variation which is only slightly better than your moves?
By default, engines return the strongest variation(s) they calculate. I was wondering if there is a way to tweak an open source chess engine to show a move from their MultiPV which is slightly better ...
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