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Could someone tell me what is the engine, and what happened to TRACKHEAD21 in Monster Mash tornament?

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An engine as far as I understand it is a piece of computer software that is very good at chess. It tells you good moves that a human wouldn't see.

TRACKHEAD21 was deemed to be cheating by using an engine and was therefore removed from all games on the site.

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But, how is it possible to decide that he was using software as opposed to a very good player?

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It was a graveyard smash.

That's what happened.

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Originally posted by kyue
But, how is it possible to decide that he was using software as opposed to a very good player?
Chess engines have their own style of play, and make great decisions based on positions. Just because a person gets good at chess.. very good... doesn't mean they are going to play all their moves just like one of these engines over and over and over and over and over again.

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I still don't get it. How is it possible to decide if computer moves were made as opposed to a good player. Surely the good player and computer will both work out the same moves. Has Trackhead21 been unfairly removed?

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Originally posted by znsho
I still don't get it. How is it possible to decide if computer moves were made as opposed to a good player.
Good point. These decisions should perhaps be made by computer. Humans make mistakes.

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Originally posted by znsho
I still don't get it. How is it possible to decide if computer moves were made as opposed to a good player. Surely the good player and computer will both work out the same moves. Has Trackhead21 been unfairly removed?
One key to detecting engine use is consistancy.
Not even a GM is consistant, making better moves, moves based
on psycology, etc. An engine always makes what each one considers
the best move, and that move varies from engine to engine.
So if you use a certain program with a certain CPU and it matches
game after game the same moves made by a player here, it is
almost certain that player is using an engine.

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Originally posted by znsho
I still don't get it. How is it possible to decide if computer moves were made as opposed to a good player. Surely the good player and computer will both work out the same moves. Has Trackhead21 been unfairly removed?
If you don't get it, there is no point in trying to clear things up. I've stated enough.

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Originally posted by Phlabibit
If you don't get it, there is no point in trying to clear things up. I've stated enough.

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Originally posted by sasquatch672
What if you had, like, four different engines installed, and you used a different engine for every move? Do you think you'd maybe invent a new game?

On a serious note: when you use an engine, do you have to input the PGN:FEN for every move? I would guess so. What if you only used the engine beginning in the middle game for like five critical mo ...[text shortened]... on a driveway?


EDIT: Feeling slighlty mentally unstable today. Mind on 'idle' too long.
Actually, Russ and I had a talk about that, I didn't want to make
such a technique public, the enginites don't need any more tips.

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