Author: Tony Werten
Date: 04:01:33 03/26/01
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On March 25, 2001 at 06:41:12, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >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. Right. First time I participated my program barely knew the chessrules, second time it played decent chess. ( I wonder what it will do the third ) Tony > >>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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