Author: Uri Blass
Date: 11:53:37 06/07/02
I guess that today programmers earn less from chess programs relative to the past because of the fact that computers are too strong. I guess that today it is possible to earn more from go programs than from chess programs but I have no idea if I am right? Am I right in my guess? If not then what is the thinking game that can help programmers to get the most money from it(I do not consider things like building a better interface but only the engine)? Is go the thinking game that is the easiest for humans to beat programs? Are there programmers who consider to leave chess for other thinking games because they believe that they can make more money from the engine in other thinking games? I know only about 2 programmers of commercial chess programs who developed programs for other thinking games. One of them is Johan de koning (the programmer of chessmaster) and I remember that his program won the world championship in another thinking game but I do not know if he sells another playing program except chessmaster. Another one is the programmer of chess system tal chris Whittington. Are there more programmers of commercial chess programs who decided to develop programs for other thinking games? Uri
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