Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:01:14 01/02/02
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On January 02, 2002 at 18:25:26, Dan Andersson wrote: >>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. >> >You are underestimating the power of the human mind. IMO, a reasonably strong >human could find a safe winning exchange for example. Those positions happen in >every tournament. And some top programs have blown tournament wins that way. A >FM would suffice if you trust him. Lame counterexample countered. Funny, though, how the program that you download or the one off the CD will never reproduce that move. Looking at the list of entrants, I trust the character of all those that I know (most of them) to know that they are not going to cheat. >>Use the current engine and have someone else run it for you. No preparation or >>even action is needed. Lame excuse negated. >> >If you are a perfectionist, that kind of non-preparation will be unacceptable. >Why not save your efforts to a few important events?! CCT is not that important >yet. Anoter lamer flogged.>>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. >> >See previous note. Don't personally believe it. If someone is in such great fear of losing to cheaters that they won't enter this contest, then I feel sorry for them. Not that it is impossible to cheat. Just that I think it is absurd to cheat and it would incredibly easy to catch cheaters. The risk of cheating is enormous, and the benefit is miniscule. >>There are no objections to joining other than fear that are not quickly overcome >>with one second's thought. >Wishful thinking on your part, IMO. You kow that everyone isn't an early >adopter. If on the other hand the CCT tornaments where scheduled events. And a >well published, critcised and well understood set of rules where avilable. I >would have less understanding of absenteeism. The current Ad-Hoc style makes the >tounament feel like an annoyance. Sweet annoyance, but still... This tournament has had publicity for months. Everyone knows when it will start and has known this for quite a while.
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