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Subject: Re: Ratings chessprogrammers in Netherlands

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:41:29 02/26/99

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On February 26, 1999 at 13:16:01, Christophe Theron wrote:
[snip]
>It is clear to me since several years that being a good chess player is a
>serious handicap for anybody trying to write a top level chess program.
>
>Every rule has its exceptions, so I guess you can find some. But can you list
>strong chess players that wrote good chess programs? I'm not even sure Larry
>Kaufman can be included in the list, because he does not program.
Well, I don't know how strong his program was but Mikhail Botvinnik was a pretty
fair chess player, so I hear.
;-)



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