Author: KarinsDad
Date: 07:16:17 01/25/99
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On January 25, 1999 at 10:09:04, Harald Faber wrote: >On January 25, 1999 at 08:46:48, Thom Perry wrote: > >>>The German Newsmagazine "Der Spiegel" today reports a funny story: Mr. > >It was in "Die Welt" also. > >>>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. >> >> >>This is not only a very interesting post, but also is very important to all OTB >>tournament players. Please keep us posted with all new developments of this >>story, many of which will occur, I predict. >>>Jürgen > >It leaves the question: What is Mr. Allwermann's intention? > >1) to win a strong tournament >2) to win prize money >3) to test how strong a certain program is > >1) would be cheating and not correct >2) would be cheating and not correct >3) would be a nice idea. But why hide? Because in Germany you have to search >tourneys where programs are allowed to participate. And you get the advantage >that your opponent does not know which program he is playing and so your opp >can't prepare or can't take out some winning lines he played before against >Fritz or so. And now he still hides because I bet he will either a) play other >tourneys in that kind and won't risk not to be allowed to play or b) keep the >myth... (nothing new). #3 is interesting, but still cheating. It prevented other players in the tournament from winning (virtually all tournaments with GMs in them have prize money), and it upped his rating, not the rating of the computer. Also, you do bring up an interesting idea. Only a few high rated players have their games posted where they can be looked up in a database. However, even if you do not have a database of computer games, you may have a copy of the program itself, and hence have a better (but still limited) chance of preparing against it (of course this is in a tournament where you do know which program you are playing). KarinsDad
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