Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 14:05:40 09/21/03
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On September 21, 2003 at 16:51:19, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On September 21, 2003 at 16:46:27, Edward Seid wrote: > >>I just wondered if there was a specific situation that occurred that caused >this rule to be implemented. Like who was involved and what happened. > >There were several accusations in the past tournament about >people overruling moves from their engines. At least one of the >people involved later admitted he manually interfered with the >time usage of the engine. > >PS. I don't think the current rules actually prevent this >either, which is why I'm not so hot about online tournaments. > Hi GCP, I agree that it's still possible to interfere, but it just makes it more difficult, which is the point, IMHO. Perhaps as a professional it's not "watertight" enough, but for the amateurs I think it is sufficient. Andrew
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