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Subject: Re: using parameter depends on the opponent in the ssdf is unfair!!

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 22:05:53 03/19/99

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On March 20, 1999 at 00:19:33, blass uri wrote:

>
>On March 19, 1999 at 20:45:53, KarinsDad wrote:
>
>
>>This would seem to have been a major disadvantage to Nimzo in the tournaments
>>before the SSDF allowed programs to know who their opponents were (if there ever
>>was such a period of time). Although it is an advantage now, again, so what? The
>>programmers of Junior, Fritz, Rebel and others could have put such a feature in
>>if they deemed it necessary.
>
>Maybe part of them would do it if they knew that it is legal in the ssdf.
>
>The problem is that the rules of the ssdf were not clear about it and the
>assumption of part of the programmers was that it is illegal.
>
>This was at least the assumption of Amir Ban.
>
>Uri

This is hardly the end of the world.  There's always something that computer
chess programmers are adding or tweaking.  Now there's another item to add to
the list.

Dave Gomboc



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