Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:50:14 12/12/01
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On December 12, 2001 at 13:18:00, Marc van Hal wrote:
>On December 11, 2001 at 23:45:28, Russell Reagan wrote:
>
>>Which expert would be the best chess program author?
>>
>>Chess expert (master level, not the "Expert" classification of USCF)
>>Programming expert
>>Game theory expert
>>Computer hardware expert
>>
>>I'm sure there are more fields where experts would be qualified to write a
>>strong chess program, but these seemed to be the best candidates that I could
>>think of at the moment. Feel free to add another field of study to this list.
>
>I asked Christophe If he was intrested in me being a betatester
>So I could give my coments on what are the strong and the weak points of the
>program.
>His answer is no I am not intrested in a strong player as betatester
>About Chesstheory and Chessknowledge
>You can't be an expert in theory if you don't have good chessknowledge
>Because it is precisely because of the Chessknowledge that you can find
>improvements in theory.
>So one goes not without the other.
>And with chessknowledge you also can find easier improvements in a program too.
>Then again you must have some knowledge of how chessprograms work to change
>this in the program.
>And ofcourse even more to start making a chess program.
>
>I actualy saw that Eduard Gufeld has brought out a book How to exploit small
>advantages.
>And was thinking maybe a good book for Chessprogrammers to read.
>
>The most important factor is....
>you must be a workaholic.
>
>Regards Marc van Hal
You are right! :)
Christophe
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