What is a chess move generator?

Answer 1

A Chess move generator is one of three basic parts of a computer program that permits a person to play chess against the computer. The move generator figures out all possible moves that could be made by the computer when it is its turn to move. This does not make the actual move. A second part of the program rates all those moves to identify the best response the computer can make. The third part looks at all the moves the opponent can make in response to the computer's move. After these three basic steps the program makes the best move. And anyone who plays chess against computers knows that these three parts work very very well together.