Author: Uri Blass
Date: 06:45:35 06/16/05
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On June 16, 2005 at 09:38:51, Christopher Conkie wrote: >>I think that engines do not have to understand the rules to participate in WCCC. > >Can I enter my Jonathan Rowson human then? I think I might win. > >>They do not need to detect illegal position but only to be able to play games >>from the starting position. > >The point of illegal positions is that they let us know whether the engines >understand what is legal or not. > >If they do not, the code is absent in the engine. It is in the GUI instead. > >If it is in the GUI it is unfair to all Winboard and UCI protocol engines. > >It is in fact corrupt if it is allowed. > >Christopher Engines do not need to understand what is legal in order to play chess well. Winboard engines that run under the winboard interface and not the chessbase interface can also participate without knowing to detect illegal positions. Uri Uri
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