Bases Quote by Dennis Ritchie

Obviously, the person who had most influence on my career was Ken Thompson.

— Dennis Ritchie

My sister Susan, who was the first one, was pretty good in mathematics and then chess, and my father chose chess because it was…

— Judit Polgar

My studies with Botvinnik brought me immense benefit, particularly the homework assignments which forced me to refer to chess books and to work independently.

— Anatoly Karpov

Before 'Dilbert,' I tried to become a computer programmer. In the early days of computing, I bought this big, heavy, portable computer for my…

— Scott Adams

I would say, you have a unique chance of learning more about the game of chess with your computer than Bobby Fischer, or even…

— Garry Kasparov

I have a CS degree and a history that includes working as a software developer and being a computer magazine columnist back during the…

— Charles Stross

The computer was, to the best of my feelings about the subject, not thinking like a mathematician, and it was much more successful, because…

— Kenneth Appel

One of the best programmers I ever hired had only a High School degree; he's produced a lot of great software, has his own…

— Peter Norvig

Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.

— Garry Kasparov

I went to work with George Miller on game stuff, but to also learn every possible thing I could from somebody I admire so…

— Cory Barlog

It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a…

— Douglass North

I was lucky to get into computers when it was a very young and idealistic industry. There weren't many degrees offered in computer science,…

— Steve Jobs