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Subject: Re: Does chess addiction negatively impact good chess programming?

Author: Omid David Tabibi

Date: 07:50:49 01/16/03

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On January 16, 2003 at 09:55:20, Eran wrote:

>I play chess for 14 years and my strength is 1800 Elo rating.
>
>I tried programming a new chess engine some time ago. Since programming was a
>strong stimulant, it kept me working obsessively and indefinitely with it all
>night. While my addiction to chess grew strong, it somehow disturbed my work. It
>other words, it made my work a bit more stressful and frustrating.
>
>Do other chess programmers experience a similar problem like mine?
>
>How do they cope with it please?
>

Since I was 5 years old, chess was whole my life: participating in tournaments,
reading the latest chess books, etc. But for the past 3 years (eversince I
seriously engaged in computer-chess) I didn't get the time to participate in a
single chess tournament. I usually work all night, and almost never sleep before
5 AM.

You say that it disturbed your work, well, it disturbed my sleep also, as I
sometimes find myself in the midst of some alpha-beta trees at sleep!

If you find a cure for this disease, please let me know :-)

>Thanks,
>Eran



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