Author: blass uri
Date: 15:26:47 05/12/00
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On May 12, 2000 at 18:19:57, Dave Gomboc wrote: >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 You are right. One of the reasons that they did not do it may be that the result was not important for their team(They knew that they will play in the first league next year). Uri
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