Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 12:27:05 06/18/02
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On June 18, 2002 at 15:08:48, Louis Fagliano wrote: >Maybe I'm not getting something, but in these types of "official" computer chess >tournaments, why do the programmers and operators actually get out a board and >pieces to play with when they all have GUI's right there on their screens? Why >not dispense with that seemingly superflorous prop? Even if some programs are >not compatable with the auto232 player, they can still transfer the moves from >screen to screen directly with out "playing" it on a board. You would run into problems when there is a mismatch on the boards. Note likely to happen with a good GUI, but there's a fair amount of people using console interfaces or board displays no sane human can understand. -- GCP
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