Author: Ulrich Tuerke
Date: 09:22:05 01/28/04
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On January 28, 2004 at 07:20:32, Mike S. wrote: >On January 27, 2004 at 22:55:22, Thomas Mayer wrote: > >>(...) What should they have done ? > >Take a couple of balanced normal positions with a variety of plausible >continuations, download Crafty, and simply run List & Crafty in these positions. >Then compare the engine output each, BEFORE DISQUALIFYING SOMEBODY ONLY BASED ON >SUSPICION WITHOUT A PROOF. Unfortunately, things are not that simple. Changing a few parameters in the evaluation module, adding a few tactical extensions to the search will easily produce a very different play. Note that I am not claiming that Fritz had done this. But it's very hard to tell without his help, and so we still have these unfortunate speculations. Uli > >I guess even a newbie computerchess fan would find that idea. > >(It was done after the incident by others, and no similarities have been found.) > >Why didn't the responsible ICGA officials find that simple idea? > >Actually they could have asked the one who raised the protest then (or right >away), if he didn't make that comparison, before issueing such a serious >suspicion. They should have demanded better data supporting the protest first, >or try to find such data themselves as described above, before starting to >prosecute the "defendant" when the evidence (if it could be called evidence at >all) was so weak. > >I'm afraid the ICGA is not aware that Computerchess WCh's are not just friendly >social gatherings of people sharing a hobby anymore, but tough serious >competition with a worldwide audience and potential influence on income and life >of the participants. IOW that their decisions can have really serious >consequences for the participants affected. I really think this has been >underestimated. Also, they may not have been aware that List was just about to >reach a commercial performance level (or even had reached it already) which >makes things even more serious. > >And I mean real commercial level, not just putting a price tag on it. > >Regards, >M.Scheidl
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