29 Jul '07 16:05>
Everybody agrees that if you use an engine to play chess then you are a cheat. However I would like to know why the many players on this site who admit to using a book or database for the first 20 moves or whatever are not also considered cheats. I often read sentences like 'I was still in book until move 18...'
Surely doing whatever a book or database tells you is the same as doing whatever an engine tells you? I've never seen a professional in the world championships sitting with a chess book in front of him during a match.
Maybe there is a simple explanation for this but I can't think of it.
Surely doing whatever a book or database tells you is the same as doing whatever an engine tells you? I've never seen a professional in the world championships sitting with a chess book in front of him during a match.
Maybe there is a simple explanation for this but I can't think of it.