Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 21:33:36 12/11/01
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On December 12, 2001 at 00:01:38, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On December 11, 2001 at 23:45:28, Russell Reagan wrote:
>
>>Which expert would be the best chess program author?
>>
>>Chess expert (master level, not the "Expert" classification of USCF)
>>Programming expert
>>Game theory expert
>>Computer hardware expert
>>
>>I'm sure there are more fields where experts would be qualified to write a
>>strong chess program, but these seemed to be the best candidates that I could
>>think of at the moment. Feel free to add another field of study to this list.
>
>{IMO} The best in the world are [in no particular order]:
>0. Deep Blue team
>1. People who have topped the SSDF
>2. People who have won a WCCC or WMCCC
>
>Mostly, they are programmers. Hans Berliner was a chess expert, but also a
>programming expert. Deep Blue team had GM advisors.
>
>I think, to be successful, you will have had some kind of input from all of the
>above. [Chess expert, Programming expert, Game theory expert, hardware expert].
>
>Probably hardware expert is not as important as the others, but it certainly
>would not hurt any.
The least important kind of experts from the list above are the chess experts.
Yes, sorry.
Christophe
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