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Subject: Re: Using Computers for Correspondence chess

Author: Matthew Herman

Date: 07:57:33 12/05/98

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On December 05, 1998 at 10:41:06, Ali Tofigh wrote:

>Hi!
>
>I'm just wandering what the accepted norm for correspondence chess is. Is it
>ethically wrong to use chess software for analysis of positions? Or can this be
>seen just like other resources (for example opening books, etc...)
>
>Me, I think it's not wrong if it's not wrong to ask your friends for help. And I
>know several people who do just that... Any opinions?

Ali, from what I have read etc.. the use of computer programs for correspondence
chess is legal for. : searching to see if the position has been played before in
your database. in cb7 there is a opening report feature. using the ken thompson
tablebases. (as it is just like looking in Basic Chess endings by fine etc..)
Looking at analysis previously published (as you would look in ECO).

I don't think it is legal to ask a "friend" for advice though. Or a computer
program. One common use is people making their move and then "tactic checking
it" to see if it allowed a huge shot. That is ILLEGAL.

Those are just a few ... but I dont think it is "ethically" correct to have a
computer help you with deciding on your move in that way (i.e. using the
analysis engine).



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