Andrew Healey • 4/13/2025

Visualizing Chess Bitboards

This technical article explains the concept of bitboards in chess programming, where 64-bit integers represent board positions. It details how to visualize squares, use bitwise operations (AND, OR, shift) for moves, and apply masks for board logic, highlighting their efficiency and cache-friendly nature for game state simulation.

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#game development #chess #low-level programming