Author: Marc Plum
Date: 17:58:31 03/23/99
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On March 23, 1999 at 04:18:51, odell hall wrote: (snip) > > I think my suspicious are pretty much confirmed, I did a little investigating >of this guy's history, I notice that he has beaten other computers also, Even >Hiarcs 7!! running on a pent 266 at game in 30. This appears to be a feat >beyond the ability of a mere 2200. I have to take issue with this. I am a mere 2200, and my record against the stronger computers on ICC is rather dismal. Nevertheless, every now and then I do win, and have beaten computers with ICC ratings in the 2700s, mostly Crafty clones. At home, I have wins in both blitz and slower time controls against Fritz 5.16, CM6000, Rebel 10, MCP7, and various freeware programs, although again my overall record is resoundingly negative. Am I to be automatically suspected of cheating every time I score? Your opponent's play may well have been duplicated by Fritz, as Mr. Soares claims, but my first reaction was that it looked like a typical positional crush of a computer, by a player who managed to avoid blunders for one game. >Also the guy gave me his name, I looked it >up at the uscf home page, and it list his rating as 752 (snip) Assuming that this is true, that must be a much better indication. I'm neither arguing with nor confirming your conclusion. What bothers me is that the mere fact of an amateur player beating a computer seems to be taken as strong evidence of cheating by some people. If you start evaluating the evidence with that bias already in place, then your reasoning from that point on may be biased. The fact is that amateurs do beat computers, legitimately, and in order to do so they must avoid short term tactical errors for one game at least. Best Wishes, Marc
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