Author: John Reynolds
Date: 17:33:26 07/09/02
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On July 09, 2002 at 20:08:15, Eye Witness wrote: >On July 09, 2002 at 20:01:10, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>On July 09, 2002 at 19:19:59, Eye Witness wrote: >> >>> A Player VERY well known to all that post here has just won $10,000 dollars at >>>the world open in the under 1600 section >>>http://www.worldopen.com/results/1600.htm >>>, finishing with a near perfect score, 8.5 out of 9(giving a courtesy draw in >>>the last round)!! Last year this same player played in a section below this, >>>the under 1400 and could only barely get 3.5 out of 9! This is not a kid, but a >>>man probably in his early 40s! At the tournament he had an ear piece and >>>headphones at every game! He also played a new opening almost every game! He >>>has been week, and has never shown any performance even remotely close to this. >>>He has further gained extensive knowledge about computer chess from this forum. >>>I saw one game where he could have won a queen for a rook, but instead he went >>>for a more complcated tactic to win a rook out right very computer like >>>calculation of 5 points vs 4 for the exchange. >> >>Are you implying that he probably cheated? It could be that he has been testing >>different chess engines and improved a lot by observing them play. >> >>PS: My heading is a little misleading, but I'm NOT implying that he used CT 14.9 >>for Palm. >> >>Pichard > >I don't imply i'm just asking a question :). In any case he played in a >tournament 1 week earlier where he scored a whole 1.5 out of 5 and the game he >won he was dead lost, except for a blunder, on the part of a 70 year old man! hmm, sounds very fishy to me, is there a place where i can see his games?
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