Author: Michel Langeveld
Date: 05:52:01 05/24/01
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On May 24, 2001 at 04:33:00, Jason Williamson wrote: >On May 24, 2001 at 02:23:30, Will Singleton wrote: > >>On May 24, 2001 at 02:13:39, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>On May 24, 2001 at 01:59:14, Will Singleton wrote: >>> >>>>On Volker's site (http://www.vrichey.de/cct3), I noticed two Polish programs, >>>>Armageddon Chess and Butcher. If these are known programs, then ignore the >>>>following, and accept my apology. >>>> >>>>If these are unknown programs, and have no track record of server or tournament >>>>play, should they be allowed to play in CCT3? >>>> >>>>Will >>> >>>Another issue involves how the manual programs will play. Having dealt with ICC >>>manual computer operators for several years, I'm concerned that they realize >>>that they shouldn't take an active role in the games. >>> >>>For example, I'd like to make sure that they don't do the following: >>> >>>1) Select book moves for the program. The program should select its own moves >>>once the game starts, meaning that the operator should not be sitting there with >>>ChessBase for the first 25 moves. The operator should not after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 >>>decide that he wants to see a Latvian, and type f5. If he sets it up that way >>>in advance, no problem, but this kind of reactive thing shouldn't be allowed >>>during the game. >>> >>>2) Control time allocation. One way to play with a manual program is to let it >>>sit there thinking all the time. The operator makes moves when he thinks it is >>>appropriate. If it's an easy move, it comes fast. If the program looks like >>>it's going to play a bad move, or if the position is tactically complex, the >>>operator lets the program think longer in the hopes that it will find something >>>better. It is hard to run a manual program on ICC without doing something like >>>this, because you can't just select the tournament time control and run, because >>>of operator time and lag. But the operator should be as fair as possible. One >>>possibility is to set the program to run at fixed time per move, and shorten the >>>time per move as necessary as the game goes on. Another possibility is to tell >>>the program to run at a slightly faster time control than is going to happen in >>>the tournament, and hope that you'll accumulate time rather than running out. >>> >>>I'm sure there are other things that we'd all agree the manual operators should >>>not do. >>> >>>bruce >> >>I know of no manual operators, I thought all were automated. Who is running >>manually? And, do you know of those two programs I mentioned above? >> >>Will > > >The only manual program that WAS in the tournament was CM8000 as far as I know. >And of course CM8000 got withdrawn. :( Oh well. SOS has to be operated manually... Michel
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