Author: Brian Richardson
Date: 07:01:52 11/17/02
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On November 17, 2002 at 03:55:11, Volker Richey wrote: >On November 17, 2002 at 00:39:52, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>I really find the whole kibitzing of programs, or the fact they _need_ to be >>automated is going to leave out most of the competition. >> >>This of course includes all ChessBase products as well as some amateurs as well. >> >>Can this not be changed? Obviously you can tell when a program is automated by >>how fast it can make the opening moves and such. >> >>The Ebbi adapter for Chessbase works well. I say let the programs that need to >>use it enter. Those that kibitz fine.. if they don't that is fine as well. >> >>To me that rule is rediculous, and is only going to kill this fine tournament. >> >>Can't we change the rules to allow automated programs to participate even if >>they don't "kibitz"? > >Who wants to guarantee that the announced participant also played with the >announced program version? > >Another proposal (for the future): >Why not a MD5-Check. (Message Digest 5 from R.Rivest >http://rfc.sunsite.dk/rfc/rfc1321.html). >The participants sends their executable (not the source code) and the >referee will generate the correspond MD5-Code. The program.exe must be >executable! > >Before a game starts: All registered players send automatically either the >MD5-code or after an invitation by the referee. This code will be compared >by the referee. The code of every participant will be downloadable. > >Volker No, Tinker's code is not downloadable, nor would I want it to be, at least for quite some time. Moreover, I change the code fairly often, even during CCT matches. So, how do you know I'm not just playing with a modified Crafty to look like something else? Well, I guess you don't. Brian
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