Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 19:10:06 04/02/99
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On April 02, 1999 at 15:36:39, Michael de la Maza wrote: >I am reading Hans Berliner's "My System" and, after reading a few more pages, I >think that this will become the best chess book I have ever read. He makes >several amazing claims, including: 1) 1. d4 is white's strongest move and 2) >several often-played black defenses are suspect. > >Given that Berliner is one of the strongest, if not the strongest, chess player >to ever head the development of a top-level computer program, I encourage other >good chess playing programmers to write books. Unlike many GMs and non-chess >playing programmers, great chess playing programmers may have the unique ability >to formalize their understanding thus rendering it comprehensible to average, >but technically sophisticated, chess players. I have never heard of this book before. I just checked amazon.com, it's publication date is March 1999! Can you review it for us? Or at least, provide some sort of summary of its content? I am guessing that it is geared towards a chess player, but is there also specific interest for computer chess software developers? Dave Gomboc
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