Author: Harald Faber
Date: 07:31:24 01/25/99
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On January 25, 1999 at 10:06:04, KarinsDad wrote: >Not only is this interesting that someone has actually done this, but a bigger >problem comes in on how to detect and stop it. You cannot analyze all of the >games played by the winners of tournaments, can you? Opinions on how to stop >this kind of thing guys? Stop is hard to do during the tourney. But if a 1900-rated guy plays a 2600 performance there is enough evidence that s.th. is wrong there. >I'm sure almost all of us has fantasized winning a big tournament this way since >we are all interested in computer chess, but the majority of us are either: > >1) principled individuals >2) chicken >3) do not have a friend who would also be willing to cheat at this level (being >successful without having a co-hort to handle unexpected crashes of the >computer, etc.) That is probably the easiest problem to solve. >4) are not technical enough to setup some form of radio system No problem to get informed. >5) are not smart enough to do this without getting caught (announcing mate in 8, >what was he, nuts?). :-)) Funny. :-) He did some normal things to hide his technical equipment: toupet with long hair and glasses. Also no problem. I could do it too. But personally I would get nothing out of it for all this efforts.
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