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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:43:48 02/11/03

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On February 11, 2003 at 14:39:48, Uri Blass wrote:

>On February 11, 2003 at 13:42:14, Steve Maughan wrote:
>
>>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
>
>I think that there are more programmers who sell their program
>
>The programmers of gandlaf,Diep and the programmers of some engines in the young
>talents of chessbase also earned some money from their program and I do not care
>if it is 100$ for all their life or more than it.
>
>There are probably more programmers who sold at least one copy of their program.
>
>Uri

I also forgot Ed (the programmer of Rebel).
I do not know how much money he made from his program but I am quite sure that
more than Vincent and the programmers of the engines in the young talent of
chessbase.

Uri



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