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+# j1chess
+Chess engine powered by footguns!
+
+## Knowledge sources
+https://www.chessprogramming.org/
+
+## Board representation
+Piece-centric [bitboard approach](https://www.chessprogramming.org/Bitboards) is used to represent the board.
+
+**LSF** (Least Significant File) square mapping is used, meaning that the square index is calculated as follows:
+```
+square = 8 * rank + file;
+```
+