Author: Albert Silver
Date: 13:15:21 01/25/99
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On January 25, 1999 at 10:31:24, Harald Faber wrote:
>On January 25, 1999 at 10:06:04, KarinsDad wrote:
>
>>Not only is this interesting that someone has actually done this, but a bigger
>>problem comes in on how to detect and stop it. You cannot analyze all of the
>>games played by the winners of tournaments, can you? Opinions on how to stop
>>this kind of thing guys?
>
>Stop is hard to do during the tourney.
>But if a 1900-rated guy plays a 2600 performance there is enough evidence that
>s.th. is wrong there.
>
>>I'm sure almost all of us has fantasized winning a big tournament this way since
>>we are all interested in computer chess, but the majority of us are either:
>>
>>1) principled individuals
>>2) chicken
>>3) do not have a friend who would also be willing to cheat at this level (being
>>successful without having a co-hort to handle unexpected crashes of the
>>computer, etc.)
>
>That is probably the easiest problem to solve.
>
>>4) are not technical enough to setup some form of radio system
>
>No problem to get informed.
>
>>5) are not smart enough to do this without getting caught (announcing mate in 8,
>>what was he, nuts?).
>
>:-))
>Funny. :-)
>He did some normal things to hide his technical equipment: toupet with long hair
>and glasses. Also no problem.
>I could do it too. But personally I would get nothing out of it for all this
>efforts.
Well, he spots a few points for creativity, and several for chuckleworthiness in
my book. Of course cheating is not a laughing matter, but here it was done so
absurdly that it does become ludicrous. I would have preferred it if he had been
using Crafty with those enormous tablebases, and announced some mate in 40. Can
you just imagine the GM's face? Of course, he lost a number of points for not
having a photographer present to take pictures of his opponent's face when he
decided to announce that mate.
Albert Silver
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