Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 10:55:16 03/12/02
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On March 12, 2002 at 13:44:52, Slater Wold wrote: >Hyatt doesn't play chess *that* well. And at one point, he had the strongest >chess machine/program on the market. That doesn't necessarily imply anything. He also had the biggest iron. It might be that, of all other people involved at that time, he was comparatively a pretty good chessplayer. Or he was only average, but a much better programmer than anybody else. I don't see anything here that suggests being a better chessplayer won't help you. >Hyatt however, (now) gets huge feedback >from GMs and IMs. And he'd be the first to tell you it was a great help and a source of strength improvements in Crafty, I'd think. I do agree it probably won't have been the source for the most effective improvements. But sometimes, fair ideas that you know will work are better than great ideas that might just not work at all. >I still think solid programming skills are > solid chess playing skills. >As far as writing a program goes. I agree 100% here. I do not agree being a better player won't help you though. -- GCP
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