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Subject: Re: Chess Programmers -- take note: M. N. J. van Kervinck's Master's Thesis

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 08:48:15 08/20/02

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On August 20, 2002 at 11:35:02, Andreas Guettinger wrote:

>
>>True, so you also want to give masters to all the fans of football or basket
>>ball that knows _tons_ of stuff about that?
>>
>>-S.
>
>Nope, only if they are good players. Van Kervinck's is not only a chess fan, he
>has written a chess engine. (his research)
>But a lot of good football or basket ball players got their honor accolade by
>the university the originally played for. Which proofs you wrong.

If you can get a masters by _playing_ football, then that is another joke IMO.
A masters is of course an intellectual accomplishment.

-S.

>Andy



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