Author: Toni
Date: 04:24:46 01/12/04
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On January 11, 2004 at 16:11:06, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >On January 10, 2004 at 16:24:59, Jim Bodkins wrote: > >>The US doesnt play chess really. USCF has 90,000 members out of 1/3 billion >>people and just went bankrupt (over about $300,000 - chump change to a pro >>basketball player) and had to sell its store to an english firm. Most of the top >>US players (USCF) are immigrants not native. >> >>I'm a native American, so dont get mad. We play baseball not chess. Chess isnt >>culturally a part of the US at all. People (Garry) come here mainly because of >>money not chess. Chess software doesnt interest most programmers in my >>experience. OS's, databases etc do. >> >>The US will get hammered, but the guys will probably have fun anyway. >> >>... oh, and we do Mars missions. :) > >I believe people on this message board have forgotten their history. :) Shannon >was American, the revolutionary programs MacHack and CHESS were American, the >world champions Belle, Deep Thought, and Cray Blitz were American. > >I'd say computer chess is a fairly significant part of American culture. > >Interestingly, Americans ruled at computer chess when the tournaments were >regularly held in America. There hasn't been a tournament here since 1991 and >Europeans are winning. Coincidence? My guess is that if a few tournaments were >held in America, you'd be surprised by the latent interest and skill on this >continent. > >-Tom For your knowledge, you're forgotting someone important: Leonardo Torres Quevedo, who was spanish http://64.225.32.123/magazine/computer.htm Regards
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