Author: Will Singleton
Date: 21:03:22 03/11/00
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On March 11, 2000 at 23:48:52, Lin Harper wrote: > For the fun of it, I downloaded the program 'Chesspartner' for a > free trial period. I could play on the chess servers with it. While I > was playing my first game I suddenly noticed in a window the ongoing > analysis of the game! I quickly closed that window. > However, my point is that others are no doubt using that window, > and getting some fancy rating from it! There's no need to 'alt-tab' > or flip the board, or anything like that. And it's a strong engine, > so a cheat can go ahead and name his rating. > While I'm here, it's worth noting that most cheaters are'nt cheating > for the heck of it, rather they are using the program as a 'tactic check' > like we've seen some GM's doing,(legally). They don't cheat every move, > that way they still lose games, make tactical blunders on occasion, and > generally have little chance of ever getting caught. What they don't > seem to realize is that this practise won't make them a strong player. > There's still a lot to be said for the old book and manual chess set for > improving your strength. Is this correct? You can logon to a human account with ChessPartner, and without any indication of a chess program playing, you can get real-time analysis? If that's true, it should be changed. ChessPartner shouldn't give any analysis when logged on to a chess server with a human account. Will
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