Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 09:41:14 11/28/03
I think this was handled very very badly, perhaps correct under the rules of the tournament, but still very badly overall. My suggestion to prevent this from happening in the future is to have strict time lines BEFORE and AFTER the tournament for one to question the "legality" of a program, but not during the tournament. Especially in light of these artificial deadlines made to author while studying for his exams. (why the rush to judgment? IMO, the organizers were very heavy handed in how this was conducted - esp. with the ultimatums and the like) There would have been plenty of time to address these issues after the tournament. If porgram was found to be illegal after the tournament . all the games should be discarded, not just a select few. Instead , we have a tournament that has been swallowed up by this controversy and it will be forever tainted. Perhaps a bright and promising programmer that may have nothing to do with ICGA or even computer chess again. Is this a correct result if he is innocent? Again just my $.02, your mileage may vary, opposing views welcome.
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