Author: John Dahlem
Date: 19:43:55 05/02/01
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On May 02, 2001 at 22:05:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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). As I understand it the rules currently state that the program has to be done by July and then shipped to Kramnik, and no changes be made after that.
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