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Subject: Re: ICC, Very Strange Behavior..

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 07:48:25 05/02/05

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On May 02, 2005 at 04:34:37, Henrik Dinesen wrote:

>On May 01, 2005 at 22:06:07, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>He/she/it, is back. Everytime this line is played Black Resigns for no logical
>>reason. Any ideas why? The position is about equal. TC 2/0
>>
>>1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Bd3 Nge7 6.Ne2 Resigns
>>
>>[D]r2qkb1r/ppp1nppp/2n1p3/3pPb2/3P4/2PB4/PP2NPPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 6
>>
>>Terry
>
>Sure it 'must' be some sort of technical device. Nothing with a nose would
>continue to play a certain line, and then give up that early - nobody in their
>right mind, that is.
>
>It could be a buggy engine, or an illegal one that refuses to play out of book,
>or more likely a buggy chesscomp - maybe one the older ones - that just wont
>accept the input of Ne2 and crashes. What would you do as operator of such a
>thing in that situation?
>
>This leaves room for a laugh :-)
>
>Henrik

I suspected as much. It is amusing, but it isn't amusing not knowing "what"
you're playing on the net rather than "who" you're playing on the net.

No T/C is safe from cheats, but it's nice to see them lose this way;)




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