Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 21:09:49 07/16/02
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One other issue I thought of was whether or not you should require a standard protocol to be followed (like Winboard). I think this would be very advantageous. This could possibly eliminate the "move now" cheating if you disallowed operators to mess with the computer unless in the case of a crash or other kind of error. I also think that if you do something like the WCCC did and have a blitz tournament one day (for fun, I suppose) then you would certainly want to make it automated instead of requiring the operator to move the pieces on a board. A blitz tournament between computers that isn't automated and has the interference of human hands is a crap shoot. I think another option would be to hold the tournament electronically, and you can either run your engine via the Winboard interface or you can be forced to type in the moves or use the mouse to make a move. This would encourage the use of winboard protocol since it would be disadvantageous to have to waste time by entering moves manually. In any case, I thought this is something that should be addressed. I personally think playing on a board is kind of primitive for a computer chess event. Russell
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