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

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 10:43:05 10/12/04

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On October 12, 2004 at 10:59:15, Andrew Platt wrote:

>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.


Agreed. But the hoax is when programmers think they are important in chess. How
could that be if they cant even play chess themselves? Well, most of them.



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