Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:05:43 05/02/01
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On May 02, 2001 at 18:39:24, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi Bob: >Probably I missed this, but: it is clearly in the contract that the Fritz K. >will play must be the very same as the one that played DJ? There will be an >engine frozen in a safety box in a bank or in the Pentagon to make sure that >condition? It is not possible that Morsch can add some things and substract >other, forbidden or not? By example, to add a match algorythm to accept or not >draw offers according the history of the match? There will be, if such rule of >"no changes in the engine" exist, a way to to examine the source code? And if >not rule of that sort, how we can know for certain the degree of improvements >Morsch can invent in three long months? >Regards >Fernando I don't know. IE prior to the finish of the 'qualifier' I don't see how rules could have been agreed to since no one knew which program would win. But if the rules say the same version must play Kramnik that played DJ, then I would personally say "shove it" and do something else if I were the programmer(s).
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