Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:08:44 01/15/02
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On January 15, 2002 at 12:02:38, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >On January 15, 2002 at 08:35:00, jefkaan wrote: > >>On January 15, 2002 at 00:24:06, pavel wrote: >>>Yup, it's better to deal with it than talk about it, and coz misunderstandings. >>>If it's not a clone than the author shouldn't have a problem to cooperate. >> >>ok, i've sent a copy of the recent sourcefile (only one file..) >>to the tournament organizer (Volker); nullmove recently added > >You should not have sent anything at all, unless everyone of the participants >send a copy too. What is this? a selective witch hunt against newcomers? >This is ridiculous and you should not have fallen for this. Is Vincent >going to send a copy too? >There was a similar problem last time against a program that did too well. >An amateur program and was accused of many things making the programmer >very uncomfortable, putting him in a position to prove his innocence. >Why? even pretigious people here get paranoid. > >My quesion is: Is everybody now going to send a copy of the version >used in this tournament or you were finger pointed by a spurious accusation? > >Miguel > For the record, this has _always_ been a stipulation of ICCA-sponsored computer chess events. The TD/organizing committee could demand to see the source of a program to determine if cheating has occurred. This has happened in the past and a couple of cases were caught by ICCA people. And then again, I have caught at least four direct copies of Crafty being used in such events, while claiming to be "new programs written from scratch." The worrisome thing is that I am _positive_ that I haven't caught them _all_... :( > >>(thx Bas, for the pseudocode) but now it runs wild sometimes >>tactically, although i included checking if side to move is in >>check, and playing nullmove only every odd or even ply.. >>To avoid further confusion i consider to open a temporarily >>account (one month) on Icc with handle 'djenghis', >>best regards >>Jan >>PS yet still i wonder Vincent's agressive behaviour to apparent >>newcomers in the field of computer chess (smelling competition ?); >>the intention of Djenghis, made just for fun, is to play gambits >>on Fics (see handle 'djenghis' there..), its not intended >>to compete with excellent engines like Yace and soforth..
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