Author: john rice
Date: 19:42:36 04/06/02
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99.9% of the players rated 2100 or higher are using programs! They are not posing as humans. Like I said before, GM's do not waste their time at Yahoo therefor the only way to reach a rating that high is with a program. It is very rare when a high rated player claims not to be using a program. And when they do, everyone just laughs at that player because they know he is using a program. Nobody is being "cheated" unless they are a total moron who believes their opponent is a 2100+ GM who happens to be playing at Yahoo! On April 06, 2002 at 22:05:44, Russell Reagan wrote: >On April 06, 2002 at 13:37:35, K. Burcham wrote: >>no GM at yahoo anytime. > >It was rumored once that there was a GM playing there. I saw him play a game >once, and he had about 30 seconds left on his clock. He rattled off about 10 >moves and mated his opponent with about 15 seconds left on his clock. > >Then again, it could have been a computer. My guess is that it was either a >computer that all of the sudden got an endgame tablebase hit (although I think >there were more than 5 pieces on the board, and it was a while back, before 6 >piece endings). Or it was a GM setting a quick trap which the opponent fell for. >I don't think a computer would have played like that. It paused for a moment, >then rattled off the moves. Anyway, we'll never know, and even if this was a >master player, it is probably the only one amongst rampant computers playing >there posing as humans. > >ICC is much better. > >Russell
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