Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 20:40:34 07/29/00
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On July 29, 2000 at 23:12:46, Christophe Theron wrote: >On July 29, 2000 at 22:11:11, Derrick Wilson wrote: > >> >> >> I'm Running a Chess Tiger Clone at ICC, after reviewing some of the games I >>noticed this particular 2300 player knocked me off twice in a row. I figured he >>most be onen of those dynamite, anti computer chess humans ,that had developed >>expience on how to beat computers. To my amazement I discovered his strategy was >>simply to use the computers clock against it. This guy was winning on Time!!!; >>while in Lost positions. He would simply build a stonewall fortress, then begin >>to simply move the same piece back and forth, back and forth, until the program >>lost on time!!!! I can't help but feel this guy is cheating, although i don't >>know any specific rule that he is breaking, I just have the feeling that there >>should be some rule against this type of play. The human is simply taking >>advantage of the poor program!! What do you think ??, here are the games. I have >>removed the name to protect the indivisual privacy. >>The computer lost on time in both games!! > > > >I must add that this strategy would not work in a tournament, as the referee >would accept a claim that the opponent is not making any effort in order to win >the game. Chess played on the chess servers is generally a subset of chess >because all the rules or regular chess are not respected. The guy is taking >advantage of a flaw in the subset of chess rules on the chess servers. But Chess >Tiger will accept this new subset of rules and react accordingly. > > > > Christophe Even so, the referee would grant a draw, not a win... and it will cost CT a lot of rating points if 2300s can draw it at will. At the risk of sounding like a nag, this sort of activity is something that Bob brought up back before CT 12 was released. Anyway, it's good to hear you have a plan for CT 13 to deal with it. Dave
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