Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:37:22 04/24/05
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On April 24, 2005 at 13:28:17, chandler yergin wrote: >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. I see that all you really want to do is cause trouble, not conversation. That's your right. This is my last reply to your crap. The log file for the game was carefully examined by several people, including Ken Thompson, Tony Marsland, David Levy, Dave Slate, and others. The program pondered what it was supposed to do for every move. It played every move based on the exact time target it printed out. Absolutely nothing was found to be out of the pure ordinary. Harry got Cray to restore the exact version we played for that game, and with David, Tony, Ken, etc looking over his shoulder, he had CB search several different positions in the game, including the exact one Hans was protesting. The program played just as it did in the real game, much to no one's surprise except for Berliner. If youi want, I can scan the official letter from Tony Marsland (who headed the "investigation") to David Levy, and the official ICCA letter from Levy to Berliner, but of course you, with your head so far up your rear end that all you can see is small intestines, would not accept even that, regardless of the letterhead logo of the ICCA and the actual signatures... So I'll just let you rant, and enjoy the view, since you like that view so well...
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