En Passants Advanced Java Chess Engine Tutorial 7

Summary

Generate move possibility bitboards for Sliding Pieces (Bishops, Rooks, and Queens) in Learn how to code the Principal Variation Search as simply and efficiently as possible. This is the main search algorithm used by ... Write a simple brute force perft search algorithm with variable depth. This algorithm is used to debug search Generate all Knight moves using bitboards quickly and efficiently in Outlining how to find possible moves for a given board. Move the pieces on the board according to the possible moves list. As well, discover how to unmake those moves. Here is a quick, real example of how to use perft to find a bug right down to the very line of code where the bug is. It is really easy ... Evaluating attacks based on piece-value. Allows for a more aggressive game-play. Castling is a very useful move, but knowing when castling is and is not allowed is more challenging, yet the code is simple. Improve the speed of the perft routine for faster debugging as well as faster game play. Also, get some tips on how to determine ...