Author: Jason Williamson
Date: 16:11:24 07/30/00
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On July 30, 2000 at 16:43:57, Christophe Theron wrote: >On July 30, 2000 at 04:34:34, blass uri wrote: > >>On July 30, 2000 at 03:13:42, James Robertson wrote: >> >>>On July 29, 2000 at 22:11:11, Derrick Wilson wrote: >>> >>>This is not a new strategy, but a time-honored method to win against computers >>>in fast sudden death blitz. It is not cheating or taking advantage of the >>>computer as, if it wanted to, a computer can move faster than any human. >> >>I agree that it is not a new strategy. >> >>The poster did not use the words taking advantage of the computer but taking >>advantage of the poor program. >> >>The poor program cannot move faster than any human. >> >>Uri > > >Right. I think in this kind of closed position it is possible for the human >player to move a piece back and forth while the opponent is thinking, making the >actual thinking time of the human player 0.00s or 0.01s or 0.05s at each move. > >Even if the opponent (the computer) does the same, what happens eventually? > >The winner of the game is decided at random, after one thousands moves, when the >0.05s have accumulated. > >It's a general flaw in the rules of chess servers, and not just a problem for >the chess programs. > > > Christophe I don't know how many times I have seen Crafty or Little Goliath get this situation on the ICC, and most of the time the program would be using a lot of time, get down to about 20-30 seconds left after shuffling around doing nothing like the human, then suddenly it would play a comital move and break open a line or something and overwhelm the human. Sure lots of time the human gets a draw, or even wins but in actual fact I suspect it works less then 30-40% of the time. JW
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