Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:01:51 11/10/02
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On November 10, 2002 at 04:22:16, Sune Fischer wrote: >On November 09, 2002 at 22:31:34, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 09, 2002 at 17:42:07, Russell Reagan wrote: >> >>>On November 09, 2002 at 17:22:49, Gerd Isenberg wrote: >>> >>>>The rule proposal is not random, but based on experience. >>> >>>I'm just saying that the rule proposal does nothing to prevent anyone from >>>cheating, and it also acts in a counter-productive manner by preventing some >>>people from participating. So, it's a matter of whether you want to add the pro >>>with the con, or have neither. >>> >>>Russell >> >> >>There is no way to _prevent_ cheating. But one significant problem we had >>in the past was a programmer using a manual interface while in book, then >>switching to automatic after out of book. The excuse "my interface won't work >>with a book" is pure nonsense, it just lets the human choose the opening lines >>as he wishes. >> >>If we require kibitzing time, score and PV, it will be very hard for an operator >>to make the program play a different move while keeping the scores and PV in a >>consistent state. It won't eliminate it, but it will make it harder. > >What score and PV do you display while in book then? I display a score of <book> and the PV contains the book move and the most popular book response to that move. But the main point is that I play that move _instantly_. No manual operator can do that... >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). > >-S. I don't see any reason to kibitz or whisper something while in book. When two programs are in book for 10-20 moves, who could follow kibitzing at that speed anyway? :)
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