Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 20:02:02 07/09/02
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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. This, when any human would have >certainly gauranteed the win by just taking the queen! Earphones and head pieces - and nobody questioned that?? I'm not saying he cheated - but with today's technology that was just plain dumb to allow that in a tournament. It would have been very easy to cheat with headphone that has a built in FM radio (thus the player to say it's only a radio) and also act as a headset for for a cell. They have that available for my cell phone. You have another co-conspirator casually walking around the game room whispering moves in his hidden mike cell phone when convenient. With a trusty Ipaq or Palm and "act" like he is watching one game - but actually entering the moves from his co-conspirator's game. And for $10,000, teh cheator do come out the "woodwork" - unknow low rated masters from overseas coming over to the US - sandbag a couple of USCF tournaments - and enter in the U1600 - where you almost have to be a 2000 player to have a shot at winning.
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