Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:02:25 03/12/02
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On March 12, 2002 at 13:44:52, Slater Wold wrote: >On March 12, 2002 at 13:07:54, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On March 12, 2002 at 13:00:59, Slater Wold wrote: >> >>>>If a GM had the programming skills of ,lets say, Ed Schroeder or Frans Morsch >>>>wouldn't that translate into a stronger program? >>> >>>Vincent Diepeveen is an IM. DIEP is no better than say, a program where the >>>author is no where near Vincent's skill in chess. (Shredder comes to mind.) >> >>For this to be valid to your point, Vincent and Stefan's programming >>skills would have to be equal. I'm not going to make a statement >>one way or another, but it doesn't look like something that obviously true. >> >>It could very well be for example that Vincent's chess skills _are_ >>helping him, but he is simply a lot crappier programmer than Stefan, >>so it sortof evens out. >> >>I know for example that Vincent considers Bruce to be a much better >>programmer than he is. Yet their programs are clearly not very different >>in strength. There has to be some equalizer. >> >>-- >>GCP > >Hyatt doesn't play chess *that* well. And at one point, he had the strongest >chess machine/program on the market. Hyatt however, (now) gets huge feedback >from GMs and IMs. > >I still think solid programming skills are > solid chess playing skills. As far >as writing a program goes. It probably depends on the "level" of the program. It is not that hard to write a program that is really very strong. Simple evaluation terms plus a good search can produce very good results. It is advancing beyond _that_ point that requires some chess skill. IE if you don't understand weak pawns, and endgame concepts, then it is going to be hard to climb a lot higher... And if you understand majorities, and weak squares, and endgame concepts like split passers and weak pawns, then you are not going to be a _weak_ chess player yourself, except for the lack of tactical skills commonly caused by not playing enough OTB.
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