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Subject: Re: GM accused of cheating on a Chess server

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 20:34:02 11/10/03

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On November 10, 2003 at 22:42:39, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On November 10, 2003 at 21:29:15, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>It's not one specific move - it 's the pattern of moves - playing the exact same
>>moves as a program over a fixed number of moves.  In real life, that does happen
>>over and over again in sequential games.  It's the same method that a chess
>>program clone is identified.  Computers will play the same move over and over
>>again in the same position.  It's identifiable and repeatable- in fact every
>>program gives off a "signature" in every game that can be identfied.  No human
>>will play 8 moves in a row in exact sequence of a program and then do that again
>>in the next game.  Humans, GM or not, do not play like computers in that type of
>>sequencing (carbon copy 8 moves in a row non/opening/non end game - essentialy
>>random positions ) and then do it again the very next game.  It may happen once
>>in a long while, it will not happen in back-to back games.
>
>That sounds good, but I have to disagree based on factual evidence. I decided to
>test out your theory, because it didn't sound logical to me. I assumed a player
>playing the same moves as the computer would be very common. So I downloaded a
>PGN from a tournament (just the first one I could find at TWIC,
>http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/ecc03.pgn), and tested a few games. Here are the
>results so far.
>
>Analyzed with Ruffian 1.0.5
>
>Game 1: P. Svidler - S. Cicak
>
>P. Svidler statistics
>41 moves played
>Different move:	17 times
>Streak of 1:	7 times
>Streak of 2:	6 times
>Streak of 3:	5 times
>Streak of 4:	4 times
>Streak of 5:	2 times
>
>S. Cicak statistics
>40 moves played
>Different move:	21 times
>Streak of 1:	8 times
>Streak of 2:	3 times
>Streak of 3:	3 times
>Streak of 4:	2 times
>Streak of 5:	1 time
>Streak of 6:	1 time
>Streak of 7:	1 time
>
>Game 2: K. Fahrner - S. Cicak
>
>K. Fahrner statistics
>41 moves played
>Different move:	21 times
>Streak of 1:	11 times
>Streak of 2:	5 times
>Streak of 3:	4 times
>
>S. Cicak statistics
>40 moves
>Different move:	23 times
>Streak of 1:	7 times
>Streak of 2:	3 times
>Streak of 3:	2 times
>Streak of 4:	1 time
>Streak of 5:	1 time
>Streak of 6:	1 time
>Streak of 7:	1 time
>Streak of 8:	1 time
>
>These were the FIRST TWO GAMES that I tested, and in the first two games of the
>same event we have the same person with a streak of 7 moves and 8 moves that the
>computer would have recommended, had he been analyzing the game while playing
>online. Maybe if I had tested thousands of games and only found two of the same
>person, I would believe your theory, but these were the first two games I
>tested.
>
>Either you're wrong, or something very unprobable happened ;-)

The unprobable does happen :>)

take his next game in the database and tell me what if you get another 8 moves.
Are you excluding openings and endgame - I would liek to the see the 8 move
sequence - and which program you used.



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