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Subject: Re: How many professional chess programmers there really is?

Author: Komputer Korner

Date: 05:22:15 08/05/98

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On August 05, 1998 at 02:17:33, Amir Ban wrote:

>On August 05, 1998 at 01:23:52, Jouni Uski wrote:
>
>>Outside Scroder BV and Chessbase I only find Richard Lang and Chrilly
>>Donninger. Are there more full pro programmers? Hirsch, Uniacke and Koening
>>should have now other main profession I think.
>>
>>Jouni
>
>I think Dave Kittinger should also be on the list.
>
>If de Koening needs another job, it can only mean that he got a really bad deal
>from Mindscape.
>
>Amir

That would make 9 full time chess engine programmers.
Chrilly Donninger
Frans Morsch
Matthias Wullenweber
Ed Schroder
Johan de Koenig
Dave Kittinger
Richard Lang
Chris Whittington
J.C. Weill

Plus, Mindscape, Sierra, and Titus keep programmers busy on their Chess GUI's,
as well as certain other individuals that write Chess Gui's for the engine
programmers above, but for chess engines, those above are the professionals.

All the rest are part or spare timers. Does anybody know of anyone else? This
shows how tough a business this is?
--
Komputer Korner



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