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Subject: Re: First CCO Los Alamos chess tournament

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 17:26:23 11/18/04

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On November 18, 2004 at 20:16:54, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 18, 2004 at 19:39:27, Evgeny Shaposhnikov wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>CCO is organizing an advanced Los Alamos correspondence chess tournament. The
>>event will take place at http://www.cowplay.com/ A dedicated advanced chess
>>handle should be created, playing with existing accounts is not allowed. Los
>>Alamos chess is the first chess variant ever played by a machine, more info can
>>be found at http://www.chessvariants.org/small.dir/losalamos.html
>>
>>Advanced chess rules apply so CHEATING by not using comp aid is allowed. Good
>>luck.
>
>No
>If something is allowed it is not cheating.
>
>Saying that using computers is allowed is enough and you do not need to say more
>than it.
>
>I see no reason to mention cheating because the default assumption is that not
>using computers is allowed unless something else was mentioned in the rules(of
>course in tournament between computers not using computers is cheating but when
>you do not say that the tournament is between computers then it is obvious that
>not using computer is allowed).
>
>Uri

I agree - using the word "cheating" connotates  an action that is less than
desirable   -  at least for most of us ;>) ...

I would word it like this :
========================================================================
CCO is organizing an advanced Los Alamos correspondence chess tournament. The
event will take place at http://www.cowplay.com/ A dedicated advanced chess
handle should be created, playing with existing accounts is not allowed. Los
Alamos chess is the first chess variant ever played by a machine, more info can
be found at http://www.chessvariants.org/small.dir/losalamos.html

Advanced chess rules apply - so you may use computer assistance or choose not to
use it - the choice is yours!. Good luck.

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