Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:59:14 12/09/03
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On December 09, 2003 at 10:15:16, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On December 09, 2003 at 10:01:15, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>However, the ICCA / ICGA rules to _not_ differentiate between the GUI and >>the engine. The rules only address "the computer chess player". >> >>The decision was bogus. > >They considered the situation and judged that playing on was an acceptable >decision. It wasn't even appealed. > >How can it be bogus? What's the actual rule you're quoting here? Is it not >acceptable to deviate from them when there are good reasons to do so? "An operator can only (1) type in moves and (2) respond to request from the compute for clock information." How, from that rule, does it become possible for the operator to say "Hmm. the engine claims a draw, but I don't think it right since the opponent has a winning position but also has a bug that made him miss the repetition. I'll play on so he can win, and change the final outcome of the tournament, rather than claiming the draw the program is telling me to claim which leads to a different final tournament result." I don't see how that can even be considered to be reasonable behavior. Nor how it can possibly be construed to be "within the rules." The rules are clear. > >Maybe precedent is different, that doesn't make this decision invalid. Consider >each situation on its own merits, and that was done here. Then why have rules at all? Replace the official tournament rules by "rule 1. Arnarchy rules. There will be no rules. Decisions will be made as things come up. If you play moves instead of the program, and nobody complains, no foul. If someone complains, then we will decide whether you can continue or be expunged at that point in time." Sounds like a great way to run things. Of course it is no longer a "world computer chess championship" event either. Humans are involved. > >-- >GCP
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