Help to build a draughts program

[Catherine]

Morning all the programmers; please can i have the procedure to build a strong program. I need help for add AI if possible: please help me. Thanks

[Rein Halbersma]

Morning all the programmers; please can i have the procedure to build a strong program. I need help for add AI if possible: please help me. Thanks

Hi Catherine,

One very good tutorial on how to do this is by Martin Fierz: http://www.fierz.ch/strategy.htm
Once you have mastered that, you can look up more advanced topics here: http://chessprogramming.wikispaces.com/
The above links are a bit chess oriented at some places, so here's a specific tutorial by Jonathan Kreuzer on how to write a move generator for checkers: http://www.3dkingdoms.com/checkers/bitboards.htm

Rein

[BertTuyt]

The Horizon source code is available on the net, and provides much insights.
Also Rein posted some very useful classes.
In the past Michel (Dragon) also posted (around 1996) the source for an older Dragon Engine (think it was a console type implementation).
I cant find it anymore, but maybe Michel can resolve the question whether the source is somewhere still available, or that he would provide this old source based on request.
And last but not least for specific questions the people within this forum are always willing to support....

Bert

[Catherine]

Thank everybody for your help. I will search the source code