Author: Georg v. Zimmermann
Date: 06:07:12 10/05/00
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On October 04, 2000 at 19:08:22, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On October 04, 2000 at 18:43:38, walter irvin wrote: > >> if someone uses a winboard engine to play on icc is there any way to tell which >>engine ect .is there anyway to prove that it was a computer??? even though i no >>play computers i still believe i end up playing them anyway ie he has made 4 >>moves in 0 seconds real fast mouse . > >If they play with a winboard engine, they will take zero seconds per move in the >opening. > >It used to be the case that winboard engines can't accept takebacks, either. > >bruce I have an even better trick for you : type "abort" in a lost position. If it is granted instantely that was an engine with abort on. If it says "Sorry this computer does not accept aborts" - well you know :). Of course mr. cheater could have hacked winboard to get around this problem but most don't have the knowledge to do that. Georg :)
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