Re:Chess Move Compression
by mherrmann on Thursday November 12, 2015 @07:09AM
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Interesting. What are the practical implications of using 8 vs 12 bits? Does using fewer bits allow chess engines compute more moves ahead?
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Re:Chess Move Compression
by billforsternz on Thursday November 12, 2015 @07:29AM
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No, chess engines use the simple highly performant "native" move representations. My 8 bit scheme approaches the performance of native representation, but is only (potentially) useful for other types of applications, particularly chess databases.