Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 11:52:29 11/19/99
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On November 19, 1999 at 05:52:55, odell hall wrote: >On November 19, 1999 at 00:15:36, Baldomero Garcia, Jr. wrote: > >>I was wondering how strong computer chess programmers are. >>On average, are they masters, experts, class A players or lower? >>Baldo. > > > I think the Author of Deep Blue is barely 1400, so I don't think it really >makes a difference. I would guess on the average most programmers are below >1700. Many make the assumption that because a programmer writes a strong >program then he somehow knows alot about chess. This is ofcourse untrue, what >he knows about chess programming. If you're trying to write a chess program, there's no question that your skill at programming is more important than your skill at playing chess. But I disagree with Christophe (and he warned this would happen) - if you take two equally talented programmers, the stronger chess player will produce a better chess program more quickly. >Another programmer in this thread made a very >interesting point, that the thinking involved in playing high level chess, has >nothing to do with programming a computer to play good chess. I wonder about this. My perception is that the characteristics of a good programmer are very similar to those of a good chess player. I personally know a lot of good chess players who are software engineers... --Peter
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