Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 09:29:32 08/25/02
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On August 25, 2002 at 09:52:49, Bas Hamstra wrote: >This is the book issue again. The F7 book is probably a significant advantage, >should any amateur program be allowed to play with it in tournaments? Is it >unfair? At first sight yes, but at second sight it is not so easy. Did Frans >Morsch develop the Fritz book himself? No, he has help from top-specialists. >Same for Tiger and Rebel. Now is THAT fair? They *pay* them specifically for this. I certainly would have no problem with a programmers paying someone to help him make his engine better. >Competing in CC tournments, >supposedly meant to determine which ENGINE is strongest, where the happy few >have the fulltime help of book specialists, but NOT the lousy amateurs? In tournaments, the engine is the package of the engine and the book. You can hire a book specialist yourself, too. >The copyright issue is also not easy at all. Does anyone seriously think Jeroen >Noomen does NOT look at other books? How come ALL the obscure, speculative, >tricky, HAND-TYPED Cock the Gorter lines are in other commercial books >INCLUDING the refutations? Vincent noticed this, and so do I. Technically, if >I copy an existing book "collection" and add three new lines, it's MY >collection. Ask the juro's. You will lose :) I investigated this after the last books discussion. >I know of CC tournaments where participants complained they had to play against >the same book three or more times which they didn't like. Not exactly ideal. IMHO this complaint is valid. -- GCP
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