in case anyone was curious how a bitboard chess engine works, I wrote one from scratch in python and included a writeup describing my general approach (mostly f

in case anyone was curious how a bitboard chess engine works, I wrote one from scratch in python and included a writeup describing my general approach (mostly focused on the move generation aspect): https://github.com/cglouch/snakefish https://github.com/cglouch/snakefish (I cheated a little by not implementing castling / en-passant since it's a pain, and my engine is still really slow, but hey it works!)