Newbie to chess programming: should I go for bitboards?

[vittyvirus]

I've previously asked people about bitboards, and how to implement them. But some seemed to advice me to not implement bitboards now. Some said to write upto the move generator, some said to implement bitboards in next version of my chess engine. But the logic was the same: To understand chess programming completely first and then go for bitbiards. Most of them advise to go for bitbiards but I'm still asking these question:
1) If I don't implement bitboards, is my engine gonna be slow?
2) Am I gonna face problems in the world of chess programming? ( there are many algorithm that demand bitboards)
3) Shoud I finally go for bitboards right now? ( my engine is 500 lines of code and supports move oarsing, fen, knight move gen..

[Ferdy]

If you understand it now, go for it. If not continue with non-bitboard, you can always rewrite your program later.

[vittyvirus]

If you understand it now, go for it. If not continue with non-bitboard, you can always rewrite your program later.

I understand what bitboards are, in fact I discovered bitboard system on my own but didn't apply it...

[Ferdy]

If you understand it now, go for it. If not continue with non-bitboard, you can always rewrite your program later.

I understand what bitboards are, in fact I discovered bitboard system on my own but didn't apply it...

So what exactly you are waiting .

[velmarin]

If you understand it now, go for it. If not continue with non-bitboard, you can always rewrite your program later.

I understand what bitboards are, in fact I discovered bitboard system on my own but didn't apply it...

Lose a little time with vice,
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and
Watch videos are very instructive and entertained.

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[zullil]

I've previously asked people about bitboards, and how to implement them. But some seemed to advice me to not implement bitboards now. Some said to write upto the move generator, some said to implement bitboards in next version of my chess engine. But the logic was the same: To understand chess programming completely first and then go for bitbiards. Most of them advise to go for bitbiards but I'm still asking these question:
1) If I don't implement bitboards, is my engine gonna be slow?
2) Am I gonna face problems in the world of chess programming? ( there are many algorithm that demand bitboards)
3) Shoud I finally go for bitboards right now? ( my engine is 500 lines of code and supports move oarsing, fen, knight move gen..

If you don't stop posting and start programming, you engine will be very slow. In fact, it won't exist at all.

You've basically asked the same (hypothetical) questions for 2.5 weeks. Please, just choose a system for representing a chess position---any system---and write a move generator, ie, a function that gives all legal moves for any given position.

Let us know when you've got that finished.

[Aleks Peshkov]

1) Programming is art of rewriting, so you can start with anything and end with good code.

2) I doubt you will be able to finish complete a chess program without experience of writing another programs.

3) You cannot create a fast program without writing the first (awful) chess program.

[jsgroby]

If you understand it now, go for it. If not continue with non-bitboard, you can always rewrite your program later.

I understand what bitboards are, in fact I discovered bitboard system on my own but didn't apply it...

Lose a little time with vice,
http://bluefever.net/Downloads/ViceReadMe.html
and
Watch videos are very instructive and entertained.

If you've seen, take another turn.

http://bluefever.net/Downloads/ViceReadMe.html

This...A thousand times this...I learned about chess programming from this series of videos...Very informative.

Jeff

[vittyvirus]

2) I doubt you will be able to finish complete a chess program without experience of writing another programs.

What exactly do you mean?

[op12no2]

2) I doubt you will be able to finish complete a chess program without experience of writing another programs.

What exactly do you mean?

Think iterative deepening...