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Subject: ICC rule 7. is lame, but Pablo's trick is too.

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 08:07:32 05/23/05

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On May 23, 2005 at 10:36:13, Darrel Briley wrote:

>On May 23, 2005 at 08:31:48, Pablo Ignacio Restrepo wrote:
>
>>
>>I was reading Uri post.
>>
>>First. The real reason about why ICC to have wrote Rule 7 is to destroy and
>>attack the "Antichess" by jealous.
>
>A few points:
>
>ICC had this rule long before you were ever a member.  If you wanted to play the
>same lines over and over, you could've played unrated.  All the games in the
>history and liblist of Pablo-Restrepo were played between the dates of March 9,
>2005 through March 15, 2005.  Even after you were awarded a (C), you repeated
>the same lines over and over in blatant violation of the ICC rules you agreed to
>when you joined.
>
>All the games you played were at the time control of 3 0 or less (at least the
>games in your liblist and history).  Generally speaking, players given the (C)
>are detected through the Blitzin software due to "heavy
>multi-tasking"....although I really don't think you were using a chess engine
>due to the short time control you were playing at, and frankly speaking, engines
>don't generally play so poorly.  In many of the "wins"  you had a completely
>losing position.
>
>All wins were wins on time.
>
>Looking at the history of the last 20 games played by Pablo-Restrepo reveals
>that in those 20 games, you won 7 games on time, the rest all losses.  All 20 of
>these games were played at the time control of 3 0.  So, in the previous 217
>games played you had 46 wins (again, all at 3 0 or less).  Again, hardly an
>indication that the "antichess" method is to be considered effective.
>
>Total games played 237, total number of losses 156, total number of draws
>28...hardly a ringing endorsement of "antichess"  :o)
>
>In all the games in the history and liblist of Pablo-Restrepo there is but one
>game against Shredder; by and large you won against what would be considered
>"weaker" engines; for the most part, amateurs.
>
>It is still my contention that any moderately talented player (probably class C
>or better) could achieve similar results if they are motivated enough, and have
>time and patience enough to repeat the same lines over and over until they find
>the "holes" in the programs. I say patience because it must be admitted the
>entire lot are extremely boring games.  What was the highest number of repeated
>moves?  I couldn't bring myself to play over all of them.  Was it 20?  30?
>
>I do have the pgn (wins, losses and draws) if anyone would like to "study" them.



Well done.  I did look at a few of the games myself and came to a similar
conclusion.  Pablo's trick would not work so well at long time controls, I
think.  He certainly could not do it "on demand" such as in a six-game showdown
at 120 0.  But even though it's a lame trick, it should be allowed and
programmers are responsible to fight against tricks.

I think the ICC rule 7 is wrong-headed.  If I were running ICC, I would allow
repeating lines against programs.  It is the programmer's responsibility to make
a better program than to allow itself to be exploited.  It is just another
program weakness that needs fixing.  There is no need to defend program
weaknesses with extra rules.  I would allow (and even encourage) players to
punish such programmer oversights relentlessly.  That's how you get better
programs.

I'd bet money Bob Hyatt agrees with me on this.

:)





>
>
>>Second. The real reason about ANTICHESS must be attacked it is that have been
>>wrote by an amateur (Father) and not for Top chess human beings chess players.
>>
>>Third.  Antichess is like the Pandora box that put in ridiculous all the false
>>paradigms of marketing’s and V.I.P & Cia.
>>
>>Fourth. "Antichess" is being playing for many warriors. The warriors wont are
>>stooping in the battle.
>>
>>Five. I was a victim from ICC in Pablo-Restrepo account where ICC  put to me a
>>false "C" and where Freebird banned to me because I did not stop to play
>>ANTICHESS.
>>
>>Everyone can see my liblits of more than 48 games of Antichess I played there
>>ICC.
>>
>>In mine notes of Pablo-Restrepo I wrote the truly about what happened with an
>>antichess player(me) amateur that put in danger the false status of masters,
>>engines, factories, and V.I.P that don’t recognize the other truth: THE AQUILES
>>TALION of computers.
>>
>>Playchess is a democratic and scientific club. This is the principal difference,
>>
>>Best regards,
>>
>>Pablo Restrepo
>>
>>BlitzIn 2.31 (Spanish)
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>>fin pablo-restrepo
>>
>>
>>"  THIS  ELO AND GAMES WERE PLAYED FOR PABLO RESTREPO 100% AS A HUMAN BEING"
>>
>>
>>Information about Pablo-Restrepo(C) (Last disconnected Wed Mar 16 2005 20:11):
>>
>>              rating [need] win  loss  draw total   best
>>Blitz           2550  [8]    53   156    28   237   2676 (15-Mar-2005)
>>
>> 1: Now I am going to continue the battle in the challenger Man vs Machine into
>>best of the best engines Chess Club, "Playchess from Chessbase",  where
>>democracy, freedom and science, to exist,  into engines room.
>> 2: I am 100%  human being chess player. (the "C" is absolutly false and a signe
>>of ICC persecution)" I am constructing the antichess way" diferent to the
>>Dr.I.M.Levy concept."Antichess= Anti-alghoritm" "not the simple anticomputer
>>way";Antiajedrez is builted over the flexible human being intelligence
>> 3: Thanks to Playchess,Chessbase,Hydra Team,and everyone have got  me
>>oportunity to play against his-her engines.Thanks to "elDenso" from ICC for his
>>note about  my victorie agains Shredder 9.That could be a principle of truth
>>publication about the state of art, becouse sport news and  ICC are in wrong
>>mistaken
>> 4: Antiajedrez or Antichess is my own extreme style. Antiajedrez is a new word
>>started in 2002 before a public chess-competence against Fritz 7 when I won.I am
>>his inventor as sistematic method in the chesslife,wining on time or broking the
>>computer value by stress.Traditional expert concepts was in a mistake.
>> 5:  Top engine 2005 is Hydra, from E.A.U.  better than Deep Blue. I played
>>Hydra first week March 2005 in a speed of 115,000 kilonodes each second. See: a
>>Quard Opteron in Shredder go in speed of 5,500 kilonodes each second,a P 4 1.600
>>Ghz have speed 600 kilonodes each second.Could you see the Hydra power?
>> 6: Are better engines that Human beings?; ¿Is antichess a bug-engines way
>>?1-Doing what engines know how to do engines are better, but if you are cappable
>>to discover ways that engines ignore(playing out of engine alghoritm across
>>memory strategic),human being could be on top.2-Antichess is an autonomous art.
>> 7: When engines can avoid the antichess way  the score will be: Engines 1;
>>Human being: 0. In my life I have played since 1980 against engines.Firstone
>>where "Chess Challenger No 7" from Fidelity electronics.I wonder if the present
>>and future Kilonodes(1,000 nodes eachoane)are going to beat antichess principle.
>> 8: I want to say something. Really I would like to play against Top
>>engines.Please dont scape to the challenger.Engines will be better if programers
>>written a perfect book against "Father"and the Top are working in that way since
>>2004 and now 2005 for 2006 set. ICC please open your intelligence to my new way
>>!!!
>> 9: The "C"  is a simple agreed between Freebird-ICC and me. I hope in soon
>>future ICC eraser the C and stop the persecution against me and open the doar
>>for me to the computer knowloge like Top Programers, Top projects and Playchess
>>have done. ICC: "Stop the protection of false V.I.P and false engines status!!
>>10: Finally ICC mess to me broking the agreed. "You cannot play rated games from
>>this account, for now." Only ICC will be losting international prestige with
>>this top ignorant dark rule. ICC have lost oportunity to have me playing into
>>ICC. A new bad move from ICC, selft-interest monetary.
>>
>> avoid avoid
>>
>>
>>Subject: Re: HIARCS 9 and Anti-Chess
>>
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>>Posted by Uri Blass (Profile) on May 23, 2005 at 07:54:28:
>>
>>In Reply to: Re: HIARCS 9 and Anti-Chess posted by Uri Blass on May 23, 2005 at
>>07:29:21:
>>
>>
>>On May 23, 2005 at 07:29:21, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On May 23, 2005 at 05:39:00, Darrel Briley wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 23, 2005 at 05:13:04, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On May 23, 2005 at 00:08:52, Darrel Briley wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On May 22, 2005 at 19:28:53, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On May 22, 2005 at 18:53:07, Pablo Ignacio Restrepo wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I am thinking chess is in a coin.
>>>>>>>>Human beings for ever playing in one face.
>>>>>>>>Now I am playing in the other face:"Antichess".
>>>>>>>>Computers are as a fortres where owner forgot to clouse a little door behind.
>>>>>>>>You must enter across this doar. Forget the front.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Congrats Pablo! This was an nice game, but last after 15 losing games.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You losing 1 : 16 against Hiarcs 9. I seems Hiarcs 9 is very strong against
>>>>>>>Anti-Chess.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Or?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Ed:)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I assume the reason you see such things on Playchess.com and not ICC is due to
>>>>>>ICC's rules prohibiting playing the same line(s) repeatedly against an engine
>>>>>>until you FINALLLLLY get a win.
>>>>>
>>>>>I do not know about a rule in ICC that prohibit playing the same lines
>>>>>repeatedly against an engine.
>>>>>
>>>>>Uri
>>>>
>>>>http://www.chessclub.com/help/abuse
>>>>
>>>>7. Playing the same line over and over against a computer, to gain rating
>>>>points. We will edit your rating to whatever we feel is reasonable if you do
>>>>this.
>>>>
>>>>Accounts that abuse, distort, or cheat the rating system on ICC may have the
>>>>ratings adjusted, may be added to the "disconnectors" list (causing immediate
>>>>loss upon disconnection), may be prevented from playing rated games, or may lose
>>>>their ICC account entirely. These actions will be taken at the sole discretion
>>>>of the ICC administrators.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>This rule is talking only about trying to get rating
>>>
>>>People are still allowed to play the same line over and over in friendly games
>>>against computers.
>>>
>>>I also think that the rule is not fair.
>>>
>>>It means that playing the same line over and over against an human to gain
>>>rating points is allowed and playing against convenient human opponent is also a
>>>trick to get rating points.
>>>
>>>If the target is to do the rating fair then it is better to forbid people to
>>>play for rating except playing in open swiss tournaments when you cannot choose
>>>your opponent.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>I can add that the rule is also against programmers.
>>
>>Suppose that a programmer implemented some new learning function in order to
>>prevent humans to earn rating by repeating the same line again and again.
>>
>>How can the programmer check if the learning works when humans are not allowed
>>to try repeating the same line again and again.
>>
>>Uri



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