Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 03:41:12 03/25/01
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On March 24, 2001 at 05:22:16, Tony Werten wrote: But most important is that we have 2 tournaments a year, one in germany, one in netherlands where computers play each other and where programmers can talk with each other. You learn most by going to such a tournament. Next one is from 18-20 may in Leiden. >On March 22, 2001 at 19:55:55, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>I am wondering something. >> >>For instance, for Israel and Russia, there is a very large proportion of >>excellent chess players. A cursory scan of the GM list will show that those of >>Russian descent or Israeli descent have a very, very high proportion of GM's -- >>way out of proportion to the general population. Now, I'm not going to ask >>about that here, because it would only be topical on GCF. On the other hand... >> >>It seems to me that there is a huge proportion of excellent chess programmers >>from Germany and the Netherlands. 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? > >I think it's a combination of things. The ones that come in mind are: > >- A lot of people in Holland know the chessrules. They may not all be able to >play a decent game, but they know the rules. If you go to a bar, they probably >have a chessboard behind the bar ( and a 10x10 checkersboard, and some dice ) > >- A couple of years ago it was very easy to go to university ( and learn some >programming skills, before you got kicked off ) Everybody who wanted to go to >university got a scolarship. > >- Over 75% of all households have a computer (10% have 2 or more ) > >- Over 50% of all households are connected to the internet. > >None of these things are a guaranty for good chessprograms but they all help. ( >Specially the first 2 ) >For Germany it is/was about the same. > >cheers, > >Tony
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