Pedro Martínez: This issue is a day old but I haven't been on site to respond to your post.
IF someone uses calculations based on a theory (what I understood to be Mr. Trice's spreadsheet) I do not see that as cheating. But rather deductions being made by the person playing the game. Really no different than me sitting down at a checker board next to my computer and making moves to determine which would be the best move to make in another game. The calculations are mine. Not those of a computer or another person.

Czuch Chuckers: To say it isn't cheating because there are no ratings points involve...well...With that way of thinking it would be alright for someone to get the answers to a test they are writing because the mark on the test doesn't count towards the grade total.