Author: enrico carrisco
Date: 13:17:19 05/24/01
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On May 24, 2001 at 09:03:21, Robert Hyatt 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. > > >Or the operator plays _manually_ for the first N moves, when the program goes >out of book, the operator disconnects and then comes back on with an automatic >interface. This has happened in _both_ previous CCT events. > Let's use NOESCAPE on the tournament games. :) -elc.
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