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Subject: Re: Last Call for CM8000 Operator for CCT3

Author: Jason Williamson

Date: 15:44:55 05/16/01

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On May 16, 2001 at 16:10:57, John Merlino wrote:

>On May 16, 2001 at 15:43:58, Peter Berger wrote:
>
>>On May 16, 2001 at 15:06:39, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>Since I am going to be unable to operate Chessmaster 8000 for the upcoming CCT3,
>>>I am looking for a volunteer who can do so. You can get the full details about
>>>the tournament by looking at this CCC message:
>>>
>>>http://www.chessusa.com/forums/1/message.shtml?169727
>>>
>>>Note that you even get a free 30-day membership to ICC (if you don't have an
>>>account already).
>>>
>>>But I MUST hear from you by Saturday, May 19th! So please let me know ASAP if
>>>you are interested, so I can tell James Swafford if CM8000 is going to be
>>>participating or not.
>>>
>>>Many thanks for your time,
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>Sorry, I won't operate Chessmaster 8000 in CCT3 .
>>
>>But I know how you can get a reasonable, well-respected operator on some super
>>hardware ( I suppose you aren't looking for some kiddo who will do _anything_ to
>>win .. )
>>
>>I learned from your messages that "The King" is a WinBoard engine with some kind
>>of copy restriction .
>>
>>Just go to the WinBoard forum ( http://f11.parsimony.net/forum16635/ ) or post
>>here that you are looking for an operator who will let CM run automated under
>>WinBoard ( special version without copy protection ) .
>>
>>There are _many_ people who can be trusted  to not spread and not misuse it in
>>any way .
>>
>>AFAIK _all_ programs in CCT3 will run automated on ICC ( no cheating , no effort
>>or influence by the operator while games are running ) .
>>
>>It seems  to me "The King"  could, too .
>>
>>Cheers.
>>
>>pete
>
>Yes, it could, but not before this tournament. Not only would the copy
>protection have to be removed, but it would have to add code to understand
>opening books. Right now, The King does not access the opening books directly;
>all of that is handled by the GUI, and the moves are then "forced" to the
>engines playing the game.
>
>So, while it COULD be done EVENTUALLY, it certainly cannot be done before the
>tournament. Not reliably, anyway....
>
>Unfortunately, we need somebody who can manually play CM8000 at the tournament.
>
>But, I'll give the WinBoard forum a try anyway.... Thanks for the suggestion.
>
>jm

I am willing to do it, god help me.  :)

NOTE my EMAIL IS HERE IS WRONG:  nexus6@attcanada.ca is my current email.

I will need an account setup and stuff, as my ICC account has expired and I
don't intend to renew until the fall (since thats when I am a student again ;))

FYI I opperated Yace in the last ICC CCT, and Little GOliath in the one before.
If you can find someone with a better setup then my Celeron 400 /with 193 megs
of ram by all means take em, I won't be offended in anyway.  :)



JW



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