Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 09:13:55 11/10/02
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On November 10, 2002 at 11:38:52, Russell Reagan wrote: >On November 10, 2002 at 04:22:16, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>What score and PV do you display while in book then? >>There is no output from my engine while in book, I don't see what information >>could be relevant, perhaps statistics on how often the chosen moves are played, >>but that is no trivial matter to implement (and I would find it rather boring to >>be honest, so hopefully no rule about that). > >Unless I missed something when reading the rules so far, the only requirement is >that your program must play automatically, not that it kibitz information. >Volker said it would be nice to kibitz info, but that it's not a requirement. It think kibitzing is a fine rule, but I just wouldn't know what to kibitz during the opening book phase, the program isn't generating a PV so I don't see how it solves the problem Robert mentioned. >Q: Are there manually playing allowed? >A: No. Only playing with an autoplayer-interface eg. winboard or other are >allowed. Of course, but how do you prove this, how do you make sure the operator isn't sending commands to the engine via Alt-1 or something? The PV was supposed to the proof, but if there isn't one... you get the idea. Personally I'm not very paranoid, I actually believe most programmers would just weaken their engines if they were to butt in. I mostly worry about clones, but that is a different story. -S. >Russell
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