Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 08:27:30 10/28/03
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On October 28, 2003 at 10:55:53, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >I don't think it has a thing to do with honesty. I'd never question >Jeroen's honesty at all. > >It does have a lot to do with fairness. Bruce Moreland summed it up >best: "why do I have to face the _same_ outstanding book twice in the >same tournament when I don't ever face the same _program_ twice?" > >That's a good point. A good book can be a significant advantage. There >are complaints if an amateur tries to use a commercial program's opening >book. Why not if two different commercial entries try to use the same >book? It's a grey zone, just like with Eugene's endgame tables. The most "fair" thing would be if there was only one programmer working on each engine, and that all programmers should spend the same amount of time on their engines and have the same amount of development resources, and that all programmers should develop books and endgame tables on their own, etc.... So I reckon fairness is both undefinable and unachievable. Let's just say that the engine author using a good book has to "share the credit" for a win with the book author. This way, if you want all the credit for yourself you have to do all the work by yourself, that's how I see it. -S.
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