Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:09:03 12/10/03
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On December 10, 2003 at 09:30:36, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On December 10, 2003 at 09:25:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On December 10, 2003 at 07:02:14, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>On December 10, 2003 at 06:55:35, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>> >>>>Another scenario: >>>> >>>>Sjeng isn't having a lucky day and in move 16 of a tactical variation in >>>>Sicilian, suddenly the amateur opponent engine plays a brilliant sacrifice >>>>resulting in a forced win. But your opponent frowns and realizes this is the CB >>>>GUI and not his engine (which doesn't support book at all). He requests to take >>>>back the move played by the GUI, disable book in GUI, and let the engine try to >>>>find the move on its own. >>>> >>>>Of course you know the engine can never find this mate on its own, so if you >>>>allow it you are saved and if you refuse you lose the chance for the world >>>>title. >>>> >>>>Do you consider it reasonable to allow him to do this? I DON'T! >>> >>>My question here would be who made the book. >>> >>>-- >>>GCP >> >>That's _wrong_ thinking. That question should not be asked _here_. It >>should be asked _prior_ to the start of the tournament. > >Of course - I didn't imply otherwhise. I implied that if he made the book >I'd consider it a different situation than if he discovered that he was >accidentally using Fritzs book. > >>If two commercial programs can use the same book, they would find it very >>difficult to prevent me from using that same book should I be able to gain >>access to it somehow. > >Because you don't have permission to use it in a tournament? Pretty much the >same like I can get Crafty but not use it in a tournament? > >-- >GCP How is that the same? I can't enter two copies of Crafty in a tournament _either_.
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