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Subject: Cheat of the Year!

Author: Jürgen Hartmann

Date: 05:34:38 01/25/99


The German Newsmagazine "Der Spiegel" today reports a funny story: Mr.
Allwermann, an Elo 1925 amateur of age 55 has won a nine-round 2h/40 swiss
tournament and achieved a performance of 2630.

Organizers and competitors got somewhat suspicious when the guy announced a mate
in eight in the decisive final round game against grandmaster Kalinichev!

"Der Spiegel" writes that Mr. Allwermann's moves are reproducible with
Fritz5.32. While nobody understands how he has done it, there are rumours that
he formerly worked in the 'electronics business'. Moreover the German chess
magazine "Schachmagazin 64" not only points out the fantastic attacking
combinations but also some typical Fritz 'no-clue' moves like Bf4 in a closed
French Winawer as White.

Seems like we will need airport-type security checks in tournaments in the
future.

Jürgen



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