Author: James T. Walker
Date: 10:05:55 01/25/99
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On January 25, 1999 at 10:06:04, KarinsDad wrote: >On January 25, 1999 at 08:34:38, Jürgen Hartmann wrote: > >>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 > >Not only is this interesting that someone has actually done this, but a bigger >problem comes in on how to detect and stop it. You cannot analyze all of the >games played by the winners of tournaments, can you? Opinions on how to stop >this kind of thing guys? > >I'm sure almost all of us has fantasized winning a big tournament this way since >we are all interested in computer chess, but the majority of us are either: > >1) principled individuals >2) chicken >3) do not have a friend who would also be willing to cheat at this level (being >successful without having a co-hort to handle unexpected crashes of the >computer, etc.) >4) are not technical enough to setup some form of radio system (do not do this >in a casino tournament guys, you WILL get caught) >5) are not smart enough to do this without getting caught (announcing mate in 8, >what was he, nuts?). > >KarinsDad >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A very simple electronic scanner (type used to find bugs) would detect this easily. I wonder why nobody noticed this after 1 or 2 rounds and did not watch him closely after that. Still, I'm impressed with Fritz's performance ! Jim Walker
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