Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 15:19:57 05/12/00
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On May 12, 2000 at 18:11:53, blass uri wrote: >On May 12, 2000 at 17:33:35, Bertil Eklund wrote: > >>What is this all about? I have seen that Shredder lost on time because the >>operator talked in telephone, Fritz plays without tablebases, Rebel and other >>programs wasn't installed when the game began and so on.Upgrades not allowed. >>What is this for people ,have they ever used a computer or played with a >>chess-program? Do they use hash-tables, do they use opening books etc. > [snip] > >I know that the operator of shredder(he voted against computer in the league) >said that allowing upgrades in the software is the same as allowing a different >player to play (he was afraid that programs will be 200 elo better from allowing >upgrades)and was surprised when I told him that most of the improvement in the >last years are because of hardware and not because of software. > >Uri I think that a person who voted against computer programs being able to play isn't the best choice for operating a computer program! Unless the phone call was some sort of emergency, I think it is terrible that the operator was so lax. They should have insisted that somebody else do the operating instead! Dave
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