A question on ethics...

olsonm76

Master Chief

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29 Jan 05

olsonm76

Master Chief

Joined: 06 Jun 04
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29 Jan 05

If you recognize your current position as one you have been in before is it against ethics/the rules to look at your archived games to see what you did last time and how the game turned out?

~~Dodger11~~

Joined: 01 Oct 04
Moves: 1983

29 Jan 05

Nope, in correspondance games like this you are allowed to use opening books, end game tables,etc., so it shouldn't be a problem looking up your old games. Just don't use a computer, that's against the rules.

ChessMachine2004

Joined: 20 Nov 04
Moves: 363

30 Jan 05

How are they going to be able to tell if a person is using a computer or not?

Testrider

Somewhere out there!

Joined: 09 Nov 04
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30 Jan 05

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Originally posted by ChessMachine2004
How are they going to be able to tell if a person is using a computer or not?

That's where the ethics come in.
(or they could use a computer themselves after the game)

red king richie128

FORT WORTH

Joined: 14 Nov 04
Moves: 244

30 Jan 05

Originally posted by olsonm76
If you recognize your current position as one you have been in before is it against ethics/the rules to look at your archived games to see what you did last time and how the game turned out?

i could woop you in halo2.

DeepThought

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Quarantined World

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02 Feb 05

Originally posted by Dodger11
Nope, in correspondance games like this you are allowed to use opening books, end game tables,etc., so it shouldn't be a problem looking up your old games. Just don't use a computer, that's against the rules.

You can use a computer if it is a database, you can't ask something (human or machine) that can calculate lines for advice.