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Subject: Re: To all programmers

Author: pavel

Date: 07:53:03 09/05/00

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On September 05, 2000 at 07:56:41, leonid wrote:

>On September 05, 2000 at 07:36:11, Alain Lyrette wrote:
>
>>After all those years working to improve your programs,refining search
>>etc...would you say that it help you become a better chess player or that we're
>>talking about 2 completely different issues here?if it helped you by how much?
>
>Writing chess program and playing chess have nothing to do. Very popular myth
>pretend that best player write best program.
>
>When you really in writing your program (never mind what) you have less time to
>stay with all other hobbies. This is why previously good chess player can expect
>only that his game will become somewhat weaker.
>
>Leonid


I agree with you about "chess playing skill has nothing to do about writing
chess program" but I tend to believe that as you get more and more involved in
to writing chess programs, i guess your chess skill increases considerably.
i have no hard porrf but it seems more logical 'to me'.

pavel ;)



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