Author: Sally Weltrop
Date: 01:55:47 07/10/02
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On July 09, 2002 at 20:33:26, John Reynolds wrote: >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? yeah really, sounds really fishy, maybe the said winner can post his games, he might be a little miffed but if he's innocent he should be proud to post them
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