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Subject: Re: Clarification if Cheating could be excluded from Computerchess

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 07:45:01 05/10/00

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On May 08, 2000 at 23:32:40, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>>A second note to your example one where you played connected with a box. IMO
>>human chessplayers of the top ranks would never "cheat" with the help of such
>>boxes.

If you consider a GM to be a player of the top ranks then there are plenty of
stories. Not with computers mind you, but still.

>>It would lead too far to discuss that in a computerchess group. On the
>>other side we have scientists and technicians who don't have a high education in
>>chess. They should make some reflections on how to find controlling mechanisms.
>>This should be done facing the future reality that the machines get more and
>>more stronger. The machine should be able to "play" completely on its own
>>through a complete match. If you want to have it with different personalities,
>>then do it in advance. At that moment chessplayers would accept a machine as
>>genuine 'chessplayer'. Then the problem of cheating will be solved.
>
>
>You should look at a tournament played last year.  In a well-known scandal,
>someone used a computer program to whack GM players like flies.  He was a
>2300 player himself I believe.  He had a TPR over 2600.  So yes, humans will
>cheat, given the chance.

It was worse. He was only rated 1900 or so by his federation, and had no FIDE
rating.

                                  Albert Silver



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