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Subject: Re: How many chess programmers earn their living from it, and how?

Author: Steve Maughan

Date: 10:42:14 02/11/03

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Albert,

>My guess that is based on a hunch is around 50, am I far from it?

Much less IMO.  I think we can practically name them all:

Frans Morsch (Fritz)
Amir Ban / Shay Bushinsky(Junior)?? <- I think they have are part time
Christophe Theron (Tiger)
Richard Lang (Chess Genius)
Chrilly Donninger (Nimzo / Brutus)
Stefan Meyer-Kahlan (Shredder)
Mark Uniacke (Hiarcs)? <- was working for Nortel but may now be full time
Johan de Koning (King / ChessMaster)

And that's it as far as chess engine programmers.  If you widen the field to
anyone who earns a living from programming anything to do with chess then you'll
add quite a few more - i.e. the folks from ChessBase, Chess Assistant,
ChessMaster - but I doubt it would reach 50 people

Regards,

Steve

• Re: How many chess programmers earn their living from it, and how? Uri Blass 11:39:48 02/11/03
  • Re: How many chess programmers earn their living from it, and how? Russell Reagan 18:13:16 02/11/03
    • Re: How many chess programmers earn their living from it, and how? Uri Blass 23:55:00 02/11/03
  • Re: How many chess programmers earn their living from it, and how? Uri Blass 11:43:48 02/11/03

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