Author: James Robertson
Date: 12:59:07 01/25/99
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On January 25, 1999 at 14:04:39, Reynolds Takata wrote: > > >A few months ago, a poster named Gram or Graham can't remember, said that Fritz >5.32 playing anonymously could score the GM norm, well it turns out he was >right. > Not necessarily. Humans play a lot of moves against other humans they would *never* play against a computer. Imagine Tal sacrificing in a tournament filled with computers; an ugly sight. Also, we have no clue what the hardware was. James > >>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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