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Subject: Re: Aberden University plans supercomputer to beat "greatest grandmasters"

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 15:35:54 06/04/01

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On June 04, 2001 at 18:15:03, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On June 04, 2001 at 17:44:56, Christophe Theron wrote:
>[snip]
>>What a major mistake. Strong chess players are not the people of choice to
>>create a strong chess computer.
>
>Berliner did OK.

Dr. John Nunn (GM and the youngest Math PhD in Oxford's history) would fit the
requirements to a T, apart from the fact that he can hardly be a student. On the
other hand, if I recall correctly, Hsu was once asked whether to design a super
chess computer he thought it more important to be a strong chess player or a
strong programmer. He opted for the latter.

                                         Albert



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