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Dann Corbit
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More stone hammers

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Graham Banks is the George Washington of testers (there are many others who impress me greatly but GB has labored for decades).
Please put your candidates for great testers below:
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Graham Banks
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Modern Times
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Frank

Sedat Canbaz (sedat chess)
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Lars Hallestrom

Werner Schuele

Gabor Szots
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Bam, Bam, you nailed it.
And Graham, in his modesty, adds others deserving
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A recent hero of mine is Pohl.
Really valuable information is produced by his site.
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But sharing ideas is an even greater virtue. We have another word for this. It is called teaching.
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I admire all of these people, of course, the programmers, testers and everyone behind computer chess. Great to have these people.
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Dann Corbit wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 12:33 pm Graham Banks is the George Washington of testers (there are many others who impress me greatly but GB has labored for decades).
Please put your candidates for great testers below:
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Graham Banks
No pun intended, by GB initials were for me always reserved for George Bush ;).
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Post by maxdeg »

:D :D

Be that as it may .. of immediate and pressing concern to inquiring minds is how many mugs of coffee has dear Dann consumed to unleash his torrent of posts this morning (here in Ontario anyway) -four (4) and counting .. :D :D

Enjoy your day Dann !!
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Milos wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:14 pm
Dann Corbit wrote: Wed Mar 03, 2021 12:33 pm Graham Banks is the George Washington of testers (there are many others who impress me greatly but GB has labored for decades).
Please put your candidates for great testers below:
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Graham Banks
No pun intended, by GB initials were for me always reserved for George Bush ;).

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Grahan is really tireless tester of weaker engines. 35073 messages. If You post once in day it means 96 years :!: .
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