Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Date: 06:30:36 12/10/03
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On December 10, 2003 at 09:25:54, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On December 10, 2003 at 07:02:14, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On December 10, 2003 at 06:55:35, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >> >>>Another scenario: >>> >>>Sjeng isn't having a lucky day and in move 16 of a tactical variation in >>>Sicilian, suddenly the amateur opponent engine plays a brilliant sacrifice >>>resulting in a forced win. But your opponent frowns and realizes this is the CB >>>GUI and not his engine (which doesn't support book at all). He requests to take >>>back the move played by the GUI, disable book in GUI, and let the engine try to >>>find the move on its own. >>> >>>Of course you know the engine can never find this mate on its own, so if you >>>allow it you are saved and if you refuse you lose the chance for the world >>>title. >>> >>>Do you consider it reasonable to allow him to do this? I DON'T! >> >>My question here would be who made the book. >> >>-- >>GCP > >That's _wrong_ thinking. That question should not be asked _here_. It >should be asked _prior_ to the start of the tournament. Of course - I didn't imply otherwhise. I implied that if he made the book I'd consider it a different situation than if he discovered that he was accidentally using Fritzs book. >If two commercial programs can use the same book, they would find it very >difficult to prevent me from using that same book should I be able to gain >access to it somehow. Because you don't have permission to use it in a tournament? Pretty much the same like I can get Crafty but not use it in a tournament? -- GCP
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