On: Bobby Fischer dead at 64

[antirez]

It's somewhat funny that all the great hackers I know in person tend to suck at chess. Did you noticed the same?

[kf → antirez]

My high point at chess was when I was 8 and beat some newb with the four move checkmate. My chess career quickly went downhill from there.

[neilc → antirez]

Depends on what you mean by "suck" -- I don't know any hackers who are IM strength or better, perhaps because of the enormous amount of time you need to devote to both programming and chess to become an expert. But I know lots of good hackers who are also above-average chess players.

[dcurtis → antirez]

Actually I've noticed exactly the opposite.