Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:05:16 06/04/01
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On June 04, 2001 at 21:15:35, Christophe Theron wrote:
>On June 04, 2001 at 20:56:50, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On June 04, 2001 at 20:49:45, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>>Frans Morsch
>>>Amir Ban
>>>Christophe Théron
>>>Christian Donninger
>>>Steen Suurballe
>>>Mark Uniacke
>>>Rudolf Huber
>>>Ed Schröder
>>>Bob Hyatt
>>>Johan de Koning
>>>Marty Hirsch
>>>Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
>>>Richard Lang
>>>
>>>
>>>These are the names of the programmers of the highest rated chess programs
>>>(order of the list).
>>>
>>>How many of these guys are "in the top flight of their national chess rankings"?
>>>
>>>How many of these top programmers are you going to reject by selecting people
>>>who are "in the top flight of their national chess rankings"?
>>>
>>>For your information I don't think I would get a 1800 FIDE elo rating if tried.
>>
>>I know for sure several are 2000 or better. Ed Schroder is a very good player
>>(IIRC -- at least I have seen games of his with brilliant moves). Robert Hyatt
>>was around 2000 [again IIRC].
>>
>>Be that as it may [and even if wrong], Berliner was a world champion and also a
>>GM.
>>It only takes a single counterexample to refute a statement {mathematically!}
>>;-)
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>
>Then mathematically it is obvious that selecting programmers because they are
>good at chess is a sure way to reject people who are very good at chess
>programming.
>
>Mathematically the fact that some 1800 chess players are high in the above list
>is enough to refute their student selection system.
>
>BTW 2000 elo is not much nowadays. In most countries you need to be much better
>than that to be listed in the top 100.
Yes. Actually, I misread your post. I thought you said that none of the
programmers could reach 1800.
Anyway -- you are right that it is clear you do not need to be a GM to write one
of the world's best chess programs. But I doubt that it hurts. A combination
of GM and top level programmer (if you could find it) would be hard to beat.
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