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Subject: Re: CCT4: almost all the top programs are there!

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 15:09:01 01/02/02

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On January 02, 2002 at 18:00:06, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On January 02, 2002 at 16:56:46, Dan Andersson wrote:
>
>>Fear of what? There are some issues here:
>>The possibility of human intervention in this online tournament;
>
>Someone might cheat.  That could happen at any tournament.  But cheat with what?
> Is Kasparov going to sit around and give advice?  Against (for instance)
>Shredder on a 1.x GHz machine, kabitzing is risky and stupid.  If you are in
>fear of that, then you are a true coward.  Lame excuse negated.

Come on Dann, there are excellent ways to cheat at an event like this.

I could operate Sjeng as an advanced player, or worse, use Fritz 7
with slighly different settings instead. That would certainly boost
my winning chances.

>>Preparation for other events;
>
>Use the current engine and have someone else run it for you.  No preparation or
>even action is needed.  Lame excuse negated.

Huh. This comes from someone who has never prepared a tournament
openings book I guess?

>>A conflicting shedule...
>
>Well, you do have to give up 2 weekends.  But you could surely find someone to
>run the program for you (as others have done).  Lame excuse negated.

True.

>Me too, but I doubt it.  Look at companies who try to legally forbid the use of
>any publication of the performance of their engines against any other engine
>right on the box.  These people are seething with fear.

Hmm, are you thinking about anybody in particular here?

--
GCP



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