The object of Chess is to checkmate the other player, to avoid being checkmated, or to achieve a draw if that is the best thing given the circumstances.

A chess program selects moves via use of a search function.

• A search function is a function that is passed information about the game, and tries to find the best move for side that the program is playing.

About Searching

Alpha-Beta

Binary Search using pthread

Minimax

Negamax

Quiescence Search

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