Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 13:41:12 09/21/03
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On September 21, 2003 at 16:39:38, Andrew Williams wrote: >On September 21, 2003 at 16:34:51, Edward Seid wrote: > >>Does anyone remember if there was a reason for this rule in CCT? >> >>Q: Are there manually playing allowed? >>A: No. Only playing with an autoplayer-interface eg. winboard or other are >>allowed. >>The following informations must be shown during the game: evaluation, depth and >>predicted moves . >>Additionally, it will be nice if bookmoves or tablebasemoves will be shown. > >I can't remember the precise reason, but these are all good reasons: > >(1) It allows a greater range of time controls >(2) It prevents mistakes and the need to restart >(3) Requires a certain ICC "maturity" in the engines that take part >(4) Engines are required to kibitz an "search result" string after every move (5) Prevents operator interference (coupled with (4)) > >I think maybe number 4 was the reason but I can't remember. > > Andrew Andrew
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