Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 10:16:51 11/28/03
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On November 28, 2003 at 11:02:02, Bob Durrett wrote: > >There has been many bulletins posted here recently about the banning of a chess >engine programmer from a computer chess tournament. Why? > >Here are a few reasons. Maybe there are others. > >(1) Many of the people here are chess engine programmers. They have to be >concerned that they, too, may be banned and unfairly labeled as "cheaters." The >possibility of this happening may be enough to cause some of them to not go to >tournaments known for such unfriendly behavior. They know the rules. This has nothing to do with unfriendly behaviour. > >(2) In view of the fact that most engine programmers will not wish to reveal >their source code [IMHO], any tournament which requires the revealation of that >code must be viewed in a negative way by those programmers. That is the ICGA's _right_, like it or not, and the programmers know it. > >(3) The stated idea that the tournament organizers feel that they owe it to the >complainer to report back to him is patently wrong. This raises concerns in the >minds of the programmers that they may be treated unfairly. > >Generally, the tournament organizers may have done themselves more harm than >good. > >Bob D. Whatever Bob....the ICGA is run by very dedicated people, one of them is the author of Chinook, and is a personal friend of a Canadian Chess Master, I know. When I can I'll ask his take on all this. Terry
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