Author: chandler yergin
Date: 10:28:17 04/24/05
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I guess you are quite familar with Cheating Hyatt! http://www.ishipress.com/hyatt-re.htm "One reason why I did not protest at what I saw was out of respect for Nora Smiriga and Harry Nelson. What I saw and observed was a strange pattern. Frequently, throughout the games, Harry Nelson would lean over to the operator of the opposing computer and say that the operator in Alabama (Mr. Hyatt) wanted to know what move the opposing computer thought was best. Almost all computer chess programs make use of the time when the opponent is thinking by assuming that the opponent will make a certain move and then planning the next move. If the computer guesses correctly what the opponent's move will be, then it will often be able to reply immediately and save time on the clock. Thus, the opposing computer will always have a move which it thinks best. What I was able to observe was that Harry Nelson would ask the opponent what the opponent's computer thought was best. He would then relay this information to Mr. Hyatt in Alabama. If the move was the same move which the Cray Blitz thought was best, then that move would be played immediately. If, however, the move was different, then the Cray Blitz would rethink the position and perhaps make the same move or a different move.
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