Category: Chess programming

• Chess programming and Chess960

  Programming a chess engine is hard. Testing it is even harder. One needs to test the engine in various conditions so as to make sure that the algorithm properly recognizes patterns, applies the logic its creator has embedded in it, follows the chess principles that will allow the computer to win etc. To that end,…

  skakos

  March 16, 2024

  chess, Chess principles, Chess programming

  AI, chess, chess engine, chess engine testing, chess program, Chess960, games, sport, sports

• How to develop a chess program from scratch (for total beginners) Ep. 5: Check Legality of Moves

  [Previous episode] Overview A chess program is nothing without a function that checks the validity of moves. This function allows the program to play legal moves and without it, nothing would be possible. In this chapter we will analyze this function. The computer utilizes this function at two points: This can be illustrated better in…

  skakos

  May 21, 2023

  chess, Chess programming, Tutorial, Tutorials

  chess algorithm, chess computer thinking, chess moves, chess moves legality, Chess programming, Huo Chess, legality of moves

• Chess programming and basic chess principles: Episode 2 – Double attack

  Double attack is the single most important thing a computer (or a human) should search for when thinking for a game of chess. Why is that? Well, simply put, there is no other way to win material other than the double attack! If you threat one piece of the opponent then the opponent can simply…

  skakos

  April 10, 2023

  artificial intelligence, chess, Chess programming, Practical advice, Programming

  chess, Chess programming, chess programming tricks, double attack