can guests use ICC?

[mjlef]

I wanted to watch the taccl games on ICC, since my program is competing today, but chessclub.com does not seem to allow guests. Do they? Maybe I am doing somethign wrong, but I get immediately booted by some robot admin. Suggestions? Where can I watch the games?

Mark

[Vempele]

Guest can watch unrated games between untitled players (I'm watching LearningLemming vs. Parrot right now), but I have no idea what's going wrong. Anyway, why don't you have a human account? You'd essentially get it for free:

Due to the large number of computer accounts on the ICC, we are only giving free accounts to the authors of programs that meet one of the following requirements:

1) You are the author of the chess program, or
2) Your program is automated and will play only wild chess, or
3) Your program is automated and set up to play below 1800 ICC strength,

You must also follow these rules:

1) You must maintain a non-expired human account.
2) You cannot use a free computer account for observing ICC events, for playing games yourself, or for any activities other than having the program play games.
3) You keep this information in the finger notes:
- ICC handle of the human owner/operator.
- Name and version number of the chess program used.
- What kind of machine it runs on.

[Zlaire]

You can always create a free 7-day trial account. Costs nothing and can be used for everything you need.