Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 13:26:34 07/04/04
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On July 04, 2004 at 16:00:39, Dieter Buerssner wrote: >On July 04, 2004 at 13:59:26, Frank Phillips wrote: > >>This (and Uri's post about time management) seem to indicate that it would be >>advantageous to run an on site fics chess server and remove the need for humans >>to move the pieces for the machine. I have forgotten why the need for humans to >>move real pieces is not as mind-bogglingly stupid as it first appears. Hey, the >>games could be even be relayed through ICC and FICS to people interested in >>computer chess ;-) > >To my knowledge, FICS like servers do not support the time control used at WCCC. >Also some remote engines might have problems with a local server. If you allow >really remote connections to a FICS server, the whole idea of a tournament, >where also programmers meet, is gone. > >Regards, >Dieter OK, although I do not know how sacred the specific time control is; or whether the fics server software could be hacked appropriately. Those who could not automatically connect to the server could still be allowed to enter moves manually, I guess. Is not having to be present _such_ a big thing? Although I do not see why you could not still insist on the need for people to physically travel to a distant location if this was thought necessary.
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