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		jules on Nov 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Carlsen wins game 9, only needs 1 draw in 3 remain... 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.

trycatch on Nov 23, 2013 [–]

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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