Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:49:57 08/20/05
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On August 20, 2005 at 09:36:59, Arturo Ochoa wrote: >On August 20, 2005 at 09:20:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On August 20, 2005 at 08:30:55, Arturo Ochoa wrote: >> >>>On August 20, 2005 at 06:56:18, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>On August 20, 2005 at 06:17:37, Arturo Ochoa wrote: >>>> >>>>>On August 19, 2005 at 21:53:12, Uri Blass wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On August 19, 2005 at 20:49:56, Arturo Ochoa wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On August 19, 2005 at 20:36:45, Uri Blass wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On August 19, 2005 at 19:50:08, Richard Pijl wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>On August 19, 2005 at 15:43:01, Thomas Lagershausen wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>On August 19, 2005 at 15:26:55, A. Cozzie wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>Here I screwed my book creator, because the horrible, horrible Fritz interface >>>>>>>>>>>resets the book options every time you touch the mouse, and played with >>>>>>>>>>>incorrect options. But somehow Zappa managed to slip into the win anyway; >>>>>>>>>>>perhaps it was a bit lucky. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>anthony >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>Never play with the cb-gui. It had cost a lot of programs points in the history >>>>>>>>>>of wccc. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>I hope Zappa 2.0 is still uci and can be used in Arena. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>TL >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Zappa's book requires the CB-GUI >>>>>>>>>Richard. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I think that it is unfair to use books that require the CB-GUI >>>>>>>>If I understand correctly it means that the GUI choose the book moves and not >>>>>>>>the engine so the author is using something external program to help him to >>>>>>>>select moves. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>I think that the engine needs to choose all the moves(otherwise the playing >>>>>>>>thing is not original work of the author and the authors of the chessbase gui >>>>>>>>should be mentioned as part of the team). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Uri >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Uri Blass, the king of the absurd arguments. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>1) For CCT7 and the Elhvest Match, I used the native format for Zappa. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>2) For WCCC2005, there are several engines that has been using the ChessBase >>>>>>>GUI. However, it doesn't mean that the Book was made by ChessBase. The Book >>>>>>>Responsible for Zappa in the WCCC2005 has been Erdogan whose book is in the >>>>>>>ChessBase format. It is his original work performed by several years. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>The engine is a complete original work of Anthony Cozzie. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>If you are going to begin your post-WCCC2005 nonsense before the Tournament is >>>>>>>over, I suggest you find other hobby according to your absurd world, instead of >>>>>>>writing craps every day of the year. >>>>>> >>>>>>1)I did not say that chessbase made the book. >>>>>>2)I understood before making the previous post that the book is original and the >>>>>>part that choose the moves is not original. >>>>>>3)I know that 2 is the case not only for zappa but also for part of the other >>>>>>engines(at least in the past) and I know that at least Jonny and falcon used the >>>>>>chessbase interface in the previous WCCC. >>>>>>4)I did not know before reading your post that the fact that zappa used the >>>>>>chessbase interface is because Erdogan's book is in the chessBase format. >>>>> >>>>>Zappa has never known to use CB Books. Erdogan help joined 3 weeks ago or so. >>>>> >>>>>You will never learn the lesson to ask first and then to draw conclusions. >>>> >>>>This comment is a personal attack against me but I decided not to complain. >>>>Note that I did not make a personal attack in my first post and only wrote: >>>>"I think that it is unfair to use books that require the CB-GUI" >>>> >>>>I attacked a situation and not a person and I talked about something that >>>>happened and not about the future(I try to understand why you get so angry about >>>>it and maybe you understood that what I say is equivalent to claiming that the >>>>author of zappa cheated by doing it and of course not me and nobody else meant >>>>to claim it). >>>> >>>>Unfair does not mean illegal by the rules but against justice and the problem is >>>>not only with zappa of this tournament(In my original post I did not mention >>>>that the problem is not only with zappa and I did not mention that it is not >>>>something personal against the author and I did not explain that the problem is >>>>not that the book is not original and maybe it was a mistake). >>>> >>>>Maybe my choice of words was not the best and it was better to write: >>>>"I think that it is better that in the future, books that require the CB-GUI >>>>will not be allowed or be allowed only for one engine of chessbase". >>>> >>>> >>>>Note that I never used the chessbase gui in previous WCCC because I felt that it >>>>is unfair if the interface does decisions for the engine like claiming a draw >>>>and I noticed that it even has bugs in claiming draw and can claim a draw by >>>>repetition inspite of the fact that in the first case enpassent capture is >>>>legal. >>>> >>>>I know that some engines used the chessbase gui also in the WCCC in Israel and I >>>>think that it also was not correct to allow it. >>>>> >>>>>There was no option there. >>>> >>>>This is not correct. >>>>There was an option not to use the chessbase interface and not to use Erdogan's >>>>book. >>>> >>> >>>No, you dont read and you mess up. Simply, there was _no_ option, since I >>>retired for personal reasons. The unique option was Erdogan. >>\ >> >> >>Total and complete horse hockey. I've played in _many_ events. I didn't use >>"Erdogan's book". So obviously _I_ was able to come up with another option, >>namely my own book. And I won WCCCs and ACM events with my own book. I have no >>problem with someone having a book author. Peter Berger is doing that for >>Crafty. I do have a problem with programs that are using shared code for tasks >>that are not strictly one-answer tasks. EGTBs are a counter-point, in that >>everyone gets the _same_ EGTB score whether they use Eugene's code, write their >>own probe for his tables, or write code to build their own tables. But an >>opening book is not the same, because it includes lots of different features. >>How to select from different choices at the same point. What about learning? >>Etc... >> > >You introduce a debate of general ideas when the Tournament is quite over. I >dont understand what the importance is now. If you are so proactive and so >effective, you should address those rules with the ICGA. I have. Others have. It has been a topic at past player's meetings at WMCCC/WCCC events... > >Personally, I have never used a CB Gui for my Book (8 times now). An opening >book is the same thing. Zappa will be probably the new World Champion and it is >out of time this dicussion when it should have be held some months ago. Not now. > This discussion _was_ held several months ago. And several years ago. Obviously, as I mentioned, the ICGA is not ready to take the issue head-on and fix it... >If you don't underdstand what means a 3-weeks work, well. Berger had also 1 >year. I retired and Zappa found a solution. By the way, a very good solution: >Erdogan. Ask peter if he worked on our book for one year. Or even one month. You might be surprised... But I'll let him tell you... > > > >>The opening book software plays a large number of moves in each game. If we can >>share that, shouldn't we all share the best engine too? Or share the best >>engine and write our own book code for it? etc? >> >>The idea is flawed. In a basic and easy to understand way... > >Zappa has its own particular code for creating books. I was the Zappa's Booker >for CCT7 and the Ehlvest Match using the native format of Zappa. Erdogan did not >have time to transfer a CTG to a Zappa native format. > >So, your point is also flawed. No it isn't. You enter a karate tournament. But all you know how to do is shoot a revolver. What do you do? You learn Karate, or you play elsewhere... > > >> >> >>> >>>>> >>>>>By the way, Zappa is winning the Tournament. >>>> >>>>The fact that Zappa is winning the tournament is not a surprise and I guessed it >>>>before the tournament. >>> >>>This is not a fact yet. It is happening until now. Tomorrow it will be knwon the >>>new Champion. Uri Blass doesnt have any solution. >> >>This isn't about who is winning. > > >Blass established that as a fact but it will happen tomorrow. What is your point >here? My point is about playing by the rules. The rules prevent multiple copies of programs or programs that contain parts of other programs. If a GUI makes an opening move decision, it is _clearly_ a key part of that program. Sharing it violates the actual letter of the rules. But nobody seems to get that small detail...
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