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Subject: Re: Man vs Machine Match

Author: George Tsavdaris

Date: 14:59:48 12/12/05

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On December 12, 2005 at 17:47:28, Ted Summers wrote:

>There is a Man vs Machine match going on at the link below:
>
>http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/760105752/m/8891032683
>
>The rules are state below:
>
>• 2-3 days/move for us humans to decide on a move.
>• 30 minutes/move for the computer to decide on a move.

Not the most fair thing i saw in my life. Anyway this would be interesting.

>• Chess Engine will be Rybka (Without Opening Books).

 Now it becomes uninteresting......
Why not give it a good small book for the first moves.......?

>• Humans shouldn't use chess engines for analysis.

Who can guarantee this? I see that the human players would be the members of a
forum and of course nothing can assure that they will not use the help of even
Rybka.....

>• Humans should not be allowed to consult opening books and/or databases.

Again no guarantee fot this.....

>• Two games will be played simultaneously (One with Black and the other with
>White).
>• Candidate Moves will be discussed and anyone who wants a say in the final move
>needs to give evidence that their move is best (i.e. analysis or a positional
>evaluation). All analysis has to be considered correct unless it can be refuted,
>while evaluations of the position can be disputed.
>• In case we can't come to a consensus between two or more moves, we would have
>to have a vote.



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