Author: Mike S.
Date: 17:52:37 03/22/01
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On March 22, 2001 at 19:55:55, Dann Corbit wrote: >(...) Considering the population of the countries >and the number of programmers writing excellent chess programs, the proportion >is as enormous as the previously mentioned GM proportions. > >Does anyone have any sort of explanation as to why this is so? Educational >system? Cultural focus on this topic? What? In terms of chess programmers to GMs ratio, Austria is even more astounding I think. For example, Nimzo, Inmichess, and - geographically speaking - Hossa are written in Austia. Lesser known examples are the old Ychess and RDChess, which aren't WB engines. We have currently one or two GM's AFAIK. I don't know if there is a cultural focus on chess in the Netherlands, if there is any, then it is certainly bigger than in Austria. Chess is virtually inexistant in public live here; it appears neither on the local television nor in advertisements etc., with very few exceptions. I think the reasons will be personal and individual one's; the programmers themselves could probably explain this better. Interesting is also, that some countries seem to be underrepresented, at least among the top programs (Italy, Spain, Canada, etc.). The importance of chess tradition in this respect is noticable, when you think of Japan. Looks like there must be large capacities which are not (yet) busy with chess programming. Regards, M.Scheidl
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