Author: Ralf Elvsén
Date: 23:37:52 03/12/02
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On March 12, 2002 at 22:25:13, Christophe Theron wrote: >On March 12, 2002 at 12:48:47, Paul Doire wrote: > >>How important is it for the programmers to have a high ELO, >>doesn't it help them increase the strength of their programs. > > >I believe it does not help much. > >I think it can be counter productive in a sense. It could be that the advantages >of being strong at chess are compensated by the drawbacks and that the balance >is that it does not help at all. I think it would help. Being able to focus on essentials and skipping the unacheivable subtleties is part of being a good programmer, so a good programmer should be able to keep his chess knowledge in check, so to say... But I believe this is a case of very diminishing return (strength of program as a function of chess skill) above a certain level. Ralf > > > > >>If a GM had the programming skills of ,lets say, Ed Schroeder or Frans Morsch >>wouldn't that translate into a stronger program? > > >Probably not. > >Just my opinion, maybe we will never know... > > > > Christophe
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