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Subject: Re: How Rebel plays at SSDF the bare facts, just statistics and thoughts

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 18:26:05 06/18/98

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On June 18, 1998 at 10:29:10, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On June 17, 1998 at 15:58:55, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>
>>
>>On June 17, 1998 at 03:17:22, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>If Auto-232 matches are supposed to be conducted without alternating colours
>>>between each game, it's the fault of the Chessbase autoplayer.  Otherwise, it
>>>isn't.  The human procedure is irrelevant here, except for the question "why the
>>>heck isn't Auto-232 defined so that colours are alternated between games?"
>>>
>>>I have never used Auto-232, so I don't know what any related standard specifies.
>>>
>>>Dave Gomboc
>>
>>Standard specifies for example that after a game you get the 'save previous
>>game' command, which fritz5 autoplayer doesn't give if i read stuff right
>>at CCC, which is clearly showing that they knew this in advance.
>>
>>If you don't store the games, but only f5 saves them,
>>what does that mean then?
>>
>>Vincent
>
>Well, to me, it means that the Fritz 5 autoplayer is broken, and should be
>fixed.  It also means that results against software that is affected because of
>the deviation from the Auto-232 specifications is invalidated.
>
>Dave Gomboc

In a post on another thread it was said that there is no "standard" for Auto-232
(as opposed to PGN).  This makes a big difference, if there isn't one then it is
not a clear-cut decision to blame the Chessbase implementation.  What is the
scoop with this?

Dave Gomboc



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