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Sedat Canbaz



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PostPost subject: Re: CCT 14: The accusation....    Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:49 am Reply to topic Reply with quote
Peter Skinner wrote:
Hello everyone,

I am happy to confirm that no derivative/cloning accusation took place during CCT 14, but there was an accusation that a participant was not who he claimed to be.

Being that this happened in the past, I asked several authors to send me the binary that was used during the event. This allowed me to do several things:

1. Confirm with the sender's IP address with the one used to sign up for the event.
2. Confirm that the person was indeed using the program stated in the registration.
3. Verify the email address that the binaries were sent from compared to the one that was used to sign up for the event.
4. Not publically accuse anyone of anything.
5. Was able to hide who the intended accusee was, as to not damage anyone's reputation or cast doubt on the event.

I was able to confirm that the accusation was false on all levels.

My sincerest apologies to the authors whom I asked to send me binaries, but at the time it was the best method of detection I could come up with. I also thank those specific authors for respecting the rules and sending me code/binaries when requested. I specifically chose both commerical and non-commercial entries to send in their executables, as to weed out the potential "Who's cheating?" accusations during the event.

My goal was not to harm anyone's reputation while trying to figure this issue out, and I am happy to say everyone acted with the sportsmanship that I have come to expect from CCT participants.

All the binaries have been deleted from my system so there is no worry of them getting to anyone.

The matter is now closed.

Peter Skinner


Dear Peter,

Thank you for your detailed information

But however,there are some issues, which are still not clear to me

So...i have a few questions to you:
-How can we be 100 % sure that all games are played/belonging to the same engine ?!

For example,if i really want to cheat....i can register with x original engine,but later during the tour,i can switch to other stronger X engine

I mean,does the 'binary' provide a such clear 100% prove that all games are played by the same program stated in the registration ?


Second question,
-How can we be 100 % sure that all games are played by same opening book?

For example,if i really want to cheat,i can register with a original opening book,which belongs to me...
But later during the tour,i can switch to other stronger opening book,which is made by other Book Author

Does the 'binary' provide a such clear 100% prove that all games are played by the same opening book,which is stated in the registration ?



Best Regards,
Sedat
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CCT 14: The accusation.... Peter Skinner Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:10 am
      Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Josh Manion Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:13 am
            Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Graham Banks Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:15 am
                  Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Rolf Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:30 am
                        Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Peter Skinner Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:22 pm
                        Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Dr.Wael Deeb Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:17 pm
      Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Sedat Canbaz Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:49 am
            Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Ben-Hur Carlos Langoni Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:48 pm
                  Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Sedat Canbaz Mon Feb 27, 2012 5:02 pm
                        Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Ben-Hur Carlos Langoni Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:07 pm
                              Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Sedat Canbaz Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:17 pm
                                    Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Sedat Canbaz Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:43 pm
                                          Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Ferdinand Mosca Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:06 pm
            Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Ferdinand Mosca Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:34 pm
                  Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Sedat Canbaz Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:04 pm
                        Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Ferdinand Mosca Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:39 pm
                              Re: CCT 14: The accusation.... Sedat Canbaz Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:36 pm
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