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Chess Programming Forums#

Some of the more popular computer chess programming related forums:

• BanksiaGUI Forum
• CCC Computer Chess Club
• OpenChess - Independent Computer Chess Discussion Forum
• Winboard Forum

Winboard Forum - Programming and Technical Discussions (Winboard Programming Forum) Winboard Forum - Archive (Old Parsimony Forum)

• Reddit chess programming
• Reddit computer chess in general

Discord Channels#

Computer chess is actively discussed in several Discord channels:

• Discord Channels by Srdja Matovic on CCC, October 11, 2023

Engine Forums#

Some chess programs also have forums:

• FishCooking - Google Groups » Stockfish
• gnu.chess » GNU Chess
• HIARCS Forum » HIARCS
• LCZero – Google Groups » Leela Chess Zero
• Rybka Forum » Rybka (Closed since September 01, 2021)
• ProDeo Forum hosted and moderated by Ed Schroder » ProDeo

Chess Computers#

• Schachcomputer.info Community (mostly German)

Oldie & Retro Schachprogramme Endgame Tablebases

• CCRL Discussion Board - Endgame Tablebases

Rating Lists#

• CCRL Discussion Board hosted by Kirill Kryukov:
  • Endgame Tablebases
  • CCRL Public
• WBEC-Ridderkerk hosted by Leo Dijksman
  • WBEC-Ridderkerk forum

News groups#

Unmoderated newsgroups contain a lot of spam, but also a lot of valuable posts of the pre-CCC area in the archives:

• rec.games.chess.computer (r.g.c.c, rgcc)
• rec.games.chess.misc
• rec.games.chess archive

Game & AI Forums#

• Game-AI Forum
• comp.sources.games
• rec.games.abstract
• rec.games.board
• rec.games.chinese-chess » Chinese Chess
• rec.games.programmer
• SHOGI-L

National Forums#

• CSS-Forum (German)
• Forum « G 6 (Italian)
• KasparovChess (Russian)
• Forchess (Russian)
• Meca Foro (Spanish)

External Links#

• Forum from Wikipedia
• Internet Forum from Wikipedia
• Computer-mediated communication from Wikipedia
• Electronic mailing list from Wikipedia
• Social networking service from Wikipedia
• Usenet newsgroup from Wikipedia
• Google Groups from Wikipedia
• phpBB from Wikipedia
• Tapatalk from Wikipedia

Social and Ethic Aspects#

• Anonymity from Wikipedia
• Cyberculture from Wikipedia
• Ethics from Wikipedia
• Ethics in scientific and technical communication] by Jean Hollis Weber, Journal 38, July 1995, pp. 2-4
• Flaming (Internet) from Wikipedia
• Forum spam from Wikipedia
• Godwin’s law from Wikipedia
• Newsgroup spam from Wikipedia
• Socialization from Wikipedia
• Troll (Internet) from Wikipedia

Language and Rhetoric Aspects#

• Ad hominem from Wikipedia
• Fallacy from Wikipedia
• Internet slang from Wikipedia
• Irony from Wikipedia
• List of fallacies from Wikipedia
• Logical Fallacies and Ethics in Everyday Language by Elena Sgarbossa
• Metaphor from Wikipedia
• Non sequitur (logic) from Wikipedia
• Red herring from Wikipedia
• Rhetoric from Wikipedia
• Rhetorical device from Wikipedia
• Sarcasm from Wikipedia
• Syllogism from Wikipedia
• Syllogistic fallacy from Wikipedia

References#

1. ↑ HDR panoramic view out of 9 pictures (3 exposures at 3 different angles). Picture taken from the Capitoline Museums by BeBo86, June 02, 2012, Wikimedia Commons

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