Author: Howard Exner
Date: 15:36:40 01/25/99
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On January 25, 1999 at 15:59:07, James Robertson wrote: >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. I remember Shawn's thread and that was his point. That if the computer had some disguise (human cheater) then humans would play it as if they were playing a human. All the anti-computer play would not occur, as you have just said. So the computer playing anonymously would give the machine an advantage in the sense of stripping computer savy opponents of their arsenal of tricks. >Imagine Tal sacrificing in a tournament filled >with computers; an ugly sight. > >Also, we have no clue what the hardware was. Yes, that would be usefull info in knowing the hardware speed. > >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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