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Re:Carlsen wins game 9, only needs 1 draw in 3 remaining games by jules on Thursday November 21, 2013 @05:32PM (#6777996)
Do you know of a document explaining the most important ideas in these chess engines? I know about alphabeta search and the like, but I'm wondering what the secret sauces in the recent best chess engines are.
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Re:Carlsen wins game 9, only needs 1 draw in 3 remaining games by trycatch on Friday November 22, 2013 @07:32PM (#6784645)
Here you go: http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/ It's an ultimate source about chess programming. Also, Stockfish code is short (several KLOC) and well commented.
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