Author: Terry Giles
Date: 07:15:35 02/04/06
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On February 03, 2006 at 20:38:59, Nathan Thom wrote: >I was wondering if anyone has any information about the relationship between a >programmer's knowledge of chess and the strength of that programmer's chess >engine. I realise of course there will be a high correlation, but I'm interested >in hearing about any decent engines that were created by low or average strength >programmers? > >I ask of course because I suck at chess, but love programming complex problems >:D Hi Nathan, I'm sure this will be of interest to you then... "The weakest player ever to develop a strong chess program was Claude Jarry. Jarry developed L'EXCENTRIQUE while an undergraduate student at McGill in the late 1970s. L'EXCENTRIQUE's shining moment came at the 1980 World Championship in Linz, Austria where it defeated the reigning World Champion CHESS 4.9 in the first round. Jarry a fantastic programmer, knew so little about chess that the only way he could tell whether L'EXCENTRIQUE was winning or losing was by reading the score provided by the program after each move." 'How Computers play Chess' (Newborn and Levy) Terry
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