Russell Reagan

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Russell Reagan, an American software developer, chess programmer and author of apparently private chess engines , early Bitboard promoter , and until 2015 active poster in Computer Chess Forums. In 2004, Russell served as moderator in CCC.

=Forum Posts=

2000 ...

 * Winboard for Dummies by Russell Reagan, rgcc, June 30, 2001 » WinBoard
 * High NPS vs. Low NPS by Russell Reagan, CCC, November 25, 2001 » Nodes per Second
 * Promotion frequency by Russell Reagan, CCC, July 23, 2002
 * Re: Object-Oriented Chess Program by Russell Reagan, rgcc, August 31, 2002
 * Re: attacks_from[ and attacks_to[] info] by Russell Reagan, CCC, October 22, 2002 » Kogge-Stone Algorithm
 * Re: Differences between 0x88, 10x12 and Bitboards!? by Russell Reagan, CCC, November 19, 2002 » 0x88, 10x12 Board, Bitboards
 * Aspiration search, PVS by Russell Reagan, CCC, December 28, 2002 » Aspiration Windows, PVS, PVS and Aspiration
 * kiwipete perft position by Russell Reagan, CCC, January 04, 2003 » Perft Results - kiwipete
 * Testing the reliability of forward pruning by Russell Reagan, CCC, May 15, 2003 » Pruning, Engine Testing
 * TSCP with bitboards by Russell Reagan, CCC, June 01, 2003 » TSCP
 * PVS and MTD(f) branching factor by Russell Reagan, CCC, June 17, 2003 » PVS, MTD(f)
 * Fail high reductions by Russell Reagan, CCC, July 01, 2003 » Fail-High Reductions
 * Fail soft alpha-beta by Russell Reagan, CCC, September 08, 2003 » Fail-Soft

2005 ...

 * Re: need suggestion for callable Chess engine by Russell Reagan, CCC, December 28, 2007
 * Re: compact bitboard move generator by Russell Reagan, CCC, February 26, 2008 » Bitboard Serialization, Move Generation
 * Speed/ELO relationship, and question to engine programmers by Russell Reagan, CCC, March 02, 2009 » Playing Strength

2010 ...

 * Simple open source program wanted by Russell Reagan, CCC, June 06, 2010
 * Go language by Russell Reagan, CCC, June 15, 2012 » Go (Programming Language)
 * Virtualization and multi-processor engines by Russell Reagan, CCC, August 16, 2012
 * Simplest bitboard attack generation by Russell Reagan, CCC, October 03, 2013 » Sliding Piece Attacks
 * Are there any chess engines written in D? by Russell Reagan, CCC, October 12, 2013 » D (Programming Language)
 * Reducing tablebase size with search by Russell Reagan, CCC, April 07, 2014 » Endgame Tablebases
 * Move encoding by Russell Reagan, CCC, April 21, 2014 » Encoding Moves
 * Position validity by Russell Reagan, CCC, May 04, 2014 » Chess Position

2015 ...

 * Methods for playing human-like chess by Russell Reagan, CCC, April 07, 2015
 * Automated comparison of human chess players by Russell Reagan, CCC, May 06, 2015

=External Links=
 * Review by Russell Reagan on Pawn Power in Chess (Dover Chess) by Hans Kmoch, Amazons.com, August 18, 2001

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