Computer Chess Programming Theory

http://www.frayn.net/beowulf/theory.html#bitboards

Board representation

Here is another couple of links I found on board representations:

http://labraj.uni-mb.si/raj/en/index.php/Position_Representation

http://www.cis.uab.edu/hyatt/pubs.html

Starting up

I've been thinking of writing my own chess program for a long time but have not been able to start it since long. I guess, because of lack of full understanding of core programming strenghts in C and C++. Today, I found an interesting article about how to start from the basics..

http://mediocrechess.blogspot.com/2006/12/welcome.html

This one seems very good to me...

http://www.geocities.com/spur4444/prog/jamca/jamca.html

Some other articles of interest....

http://www.cis.uab.edu/hyatt/boardrep.html
http://mediocrechess.blogspot.com/
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/chess.htm
http://www.arasanchess.org/
http://chess.verhelst.org/1997/03/10/representations/