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		arek2 on June 1, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Strongest chess player, ever I have not seen the Stockfish source, but my impression is that computer chess was going round in circles in the last 10 years, and it's still good old alpha-beta search with more refined heuristics. The biggest value in studying computer chess for a programmer is IMO in seeing all the different performance optimization tricks.

halfcat on June 3, 2014 [–]

Performance optimization, while it is not neglected, is not what separates chess engines. You don't win an exponential race with linear advantages.

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