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Subject: Re: Is Rebel9 playing on ICC ?

Author: Terry Presgrove

Date: 15:57:39 05/13/98

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On May 13, 1998 at 18:20:13, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>
>On May 13, 1998 at 17:57:09, Terry Presgrove wrote:
>
>>Is Rebel9 currently playing on the ICC? If so under what name
>>and if not how come Ed? Just curious I recently purchased Rebel
>>and was  interested in watching on the ICC.
>
>People have bought copies of Rebel9 and run them manually on ICC.  They
>do it the hard way, by sitting there entering moves into Rebel, and
>sending Rebel's moves back to ICC.
>
>This is a painful process, and all sorts of bad things can happen.
>
>The program's time control system doesn't get a chance to work, since
>it's hard to synchronize time with ICC time.
>
>The operator sometimes makes mistakes, which may not be correctable, if
>the opponent doesn't allow a takeback.
>
>The operator wastes a few seconds per move transferring moves back and
>forth.
>
>Some of the operators overrule the programs from time to time, which may
>help or hurt apparent program strength.
>
>"Lonnie" has run Rebel9, I believe, but he changes programs so much
>you'd be hard pressed to know what he's running on any given move of a
>game.
>
>bruce

  So why hasn't an interface been  created to  run Rebel9 like for Gnu
  chess or Crafty? I think it would be well received.

  Terry



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