Author: chandler yergin
Date: 04:37:32 11/13/05
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On November 12, 2005 at 21:14:52, Richard Heldmann wrote:
>Can GM games be checked to see if a GM is using computer assistance to make his
>moves? Or is the GM's level of play too high?
Just Log on to ICC and type in Help Speedtrap
"***** SPEEDTRAP *****
The ICC is committed to the principle that an ICC member has the
right to know if he/she is playing against a computer program
or someone who is using computer assistance in their ICC games.
All such accounts must be listed on the computer list. To fulfill
this goal, the ICC spends hundreds of hours analyzing, issuing
warnings, and assigning accounts to the computer list each month.
Speedtrap is the account used by the group of ICC experts that
detects computer cheating on ICC to issue warnings and to assign
accounts to the computer list. Computer cheating is the use
of any chess software such as chess databases (e.g. Chessbase)
or chess programs (e.g. crafty, Rebel, Chessmaster) to help you
decide on any of the moves during any game played on ICC, if you
are playing on an account that is not labeled as a computer with
the (C) label.
The ICC group of computer detectives has years of experience and
has developed many methods to detect the use of programs during
play
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