Author: CLiebert
Date: 02:00:34 07/20/00
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On July 20, 2000 at 01:13:49, Dann Corbit wrote: >On July 19, 2000 at 21:05:18, walter irvin wrote: > >>my best 5 chess programmers >>1.deep blue team (deep blue) >>2.richard lang (all were good + 8 titles!!!!!!) >>3.amir ban (deep junior) >>4.frans morsch (fritz) >>5.ed (chess machine and rebel) >> >>there are a few that get left off the list ,either they did not win a title or >>they just could not keep pace with the better programs . > >I think the list is much too narrow, and should include (at least) the winners >from WCCC and WMCCC for each year, and also the author of any program to head >the SSDF list. > >Here are some categories I find interesting: > >A. Brilliant programmer *and* brilliant chess player {in no particular order} >1. Hans Berliner >2. Chris Whittington >3. Vincient Diepeveen >4. Martin Borriss >5. ?? for ex. Michael Borgstädt - if I remember right he played at 2400 Elo years before... Christian >B. World class programmer *AND* willing to share source code >1. Robert Hyatt >2. Dusan Dobes >3. Thorsten Greiner >4. Rémi Coulom >5. (shortly) Dieter Bürßner >6. ?? > >I am sure there are many more interesting categories like this that could be >considered. I think your category "best chess programmers" is so broad that it >would take pages and pages just to begin to do it justice.
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