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Subject: Re: Lack of Respect (in Computerchess towards Chessplayers)

Author: Andrew Platt

Date: 07:59:15 10/12/04

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On October 12, 2004 at 09:49:11, David H. McClain wrote:

>Rolf,
>
>I think Donninger gets caught up in his own self-importance, as a few other
>chess programmers do from time to time.  We see this happen in this forum on
>occasion.
>
>The mere thought that there is a remote possibility a human could beat his
>contraption sends him into cardiac arrest.  He takes himself too seriously......
> DHM

FWIW, I've found that Chess in it's entirety, seems to generate bigger egos than
any other activity I've been involved in. It's not just programmers, it's
player's too. I will say, though, that the very top players seem to have less of
an ego than the wannabees!

Andy.



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