Talk:Hans Berliner

simul
I'm very confused by this uncited assertion, but I don't know the truth: "Berliner was talented at all aspects of chess. He gave a multi-board blindfold simultaneous exhibition at the Washington Chess Divan, winning all six games against top local players."

It sounds too much like his participation in a simul given by Reuben Fine in 1944. According to Reuben Fine's "Great Moments in Modern Chess," on Aug. 30, 1944, Fine played 10 blindfold games (consecutively, not simultaneously) at 10 sec./move at the Washington Chess Divan. Fine won 9, lost one to Donald Mugridge. One of the losers was 15 year old Hans Berliner. Fine, who learned to play sans voir at age 14, gave a 6 bd. blind simul at age 16, winning all 6 games. Batgirl (talk) 13:33, 1 July 2012 (UTC)


 * It is probably a different event, but it does sound like the last sentence. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 15:14, 1 July 2012 (UTC)


 * This looks extremely doubtful. In 2010, an IP editor added the description of a simul given by Berliner, but without a cited source.  In 2016, User:Skaro7 added a citation, in which Google Books searches through a book about blindfold chess by Hearst and Knott, and finds a mention of one or more simuls; but in these simuls, Fine was the blindfold exhibitor, and Berliner was one of the players.


 * So we don't have anything tangible. It's been long enough that we can remove the assertion and the citation with a clear conscience.  Bruce leverett (talk) 03:31, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Where is his book?
His famous book is the vast majority of the interest in him. If you go to a chess club and somebody says his name, which will happen, they will be talking about his book. There is nothing here on it. Why is that? It is listed, with just the name and ICBN number, but no mention of the critical response to it. Surely he is also of interest to chess programmers, but his book is famous or infamous.76.105.216.34 (talk) 20:34, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
 * If you're talking about The System, the See also section directs you to First-move advantage in chess. I agree that it should be covered in this article too.  Quale (talk) 04:35, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Boar or board?
AFAIK, "boar evaluation" can only be board evaluation. May I correct WP? Jswd (talk) 00:21, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

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Some sources desired
The editor who added the quotation, "it quickly became his main preoccupation", indicated in his edit summary that this was from Berliner's book, The System; but I do not have a copy from which I can verify this, and find a page number. Can anyone help with this?

In the paragraphs about BKG, there are some sentences about evaluation functions and "transitions", and fuzzy logic is mentioned. I have not been able to find this discussion in the sources available to me. Can anyone direct me to a source that can be cited about this aspect of Berliner's research? Bruce leverett (talk) 03:40, 19 April 2022 (UTC)