chess computer

SFU student creates his own chess engine

By: Gabriel Kitsos, SFU Student Editor’s Note: Gabriel Kitsos and Vincent Yu are both affiliated with SFU’s chess club.  Vincent Yu, a fourth-year computing science student, received recognition for his chess computer in August 2020. Today, Yu’s chess computer is among the top 100 in the world. He spoke with The Peak about his motivation and the process of designing his chess computer. Yu is a self-taught chess player who began playing his first online chess games to kill time while waiting for class to start. With his background in computing science, Yu realized he could make a program that…

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