Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:37:44 07/20/00
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On July 20, 2000 at 15:55:31, Peter McKenzie wrote: >Don't forget, the world existed before 1980. Most do forget. > >Seems to me that Slate & Atkin (Chess 3.x, 4.x) pioneered the modern chess >program, dominated the field for the 1970s, and wrote the most influential >papers (their writings are probably the earliest ones which are still worth >reading by anyone writing a chess program today). > Dave Slate and Ken Thompson would be at the top of any list I created. Hsu would follow as he followed in Ken's footsteps and took "belle" to a whole new level (under Ken's watchful eye, for a while, I might add). Young kids don't know anything about "who is who" except for the ones that make the most "splash" currently. Old guys tend to remember the pioneers, which certainly might overlook someone new. The truth probably lies somewhere in between. But since _everybody_ patterns their original work after Slate's program, he has to be at the top of the list. IMHO of course. >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 .
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