Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 09:18:45 10/28/03
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On October 28, 2003 at 11:57:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 28, 2003 at 11:27:30, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>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. >> > >Not quite the same. Everybody uses them. The info is identical for all >users. Commercial books are not used by everybody... But what is fairness? Some programs run on dog slow machines and others on top end multiprocessor systems, some "have an arrangement" with a book author to use his books, some get paid to develop whilst others do it in their spare time. Who's to say what is fair and what is not? More importantly, is the question really interesting? I don't mind if Lokasoft or Chessbase is teaming up their engines, it makes the performance of the individual engine a little bit less impressive and it makes it all the more fun to beat them in a competition (beat one you beat them all, or if you lost you weren't beat by a single individual but by a team! :). -S.
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