Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 21:47:17 01/12/99
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On January 13, 1999 at 00:37:07, Howard Exner wrote: >On January 12, 1999 at 18:44:07, odell hall wrote: > >>Hi CCC >> >> I Don't know about anyone else but I am getting sick and tired of people >>posting computer chess games without the relevant information. What I mean is >>games posted without telling 1. What time control the games were played on 2. >>Processor speed 3. Rating of the human participants. In my view the games are >>totally meaningless without such information. I am referring specificially to >>the MKB tournament listed under Human vs computer games in the computer Web >>reports, although this lack of information appears to be the rule instead of the >>exception. If Rebel beats John Doe and John doe's rating is not listed, then I >>really have no idea if it beat a 1400 player or a international master. Thus I >>do not get any indication of Rebel's performance. The same is true with >>processor speed and Time control. Obviously Rebel defeating a international >>master at 40/2 is much more significant than game in 5! Does anyone agree? or >>Disagree? > >Is there a standard for PGN when a computer is one of the players? >If not why don't we in this group make one? >What are the minimal number of relevent entries that should be in the >PGN game when computers are one or both of the players? [white "<Program-Name Program-Version (C):> : <CPU> [count] : <Total Memory>] e.g. [white "Crafty 16.3 (C): 300Mhz PII [1] : 90Meg"] [black "Whizbang 1.01 (C): 25 Mhz Transputer [512] : 512 meg"]
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