Author: John Merlino
Date: 12:15:38 12/13/00
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On December 13, 2000 at 03:04:04, r.c. richards wrote: >On December 12, 2000 at 19:52:56, John Merlino wrote: > >>You'd be surprised how many people feel they have the right to have their >>picture in the program just because they found a bug or some quirk. One person >>(who claimed to be the South Carolina State Champion of 1990) found a way to >>draw Chessmaster in any time control in 8 moves with White. He claimed "This >>discovery should qualify me as one of your computer personalities ( picture and >>all )." > >I'm in South Carolina and I know the guy you're talking about, have known him >for years, the guy who the state champ was in 1990, only this guy was champ for >more years than just 1990--he'd still be champ but he won't play in the state >tournament. As far as being a kook--he's the equal to Bobby Fischer, though not >quite as good a chessplayer. Like Fischer, he quits playing altogether, but >never can stay away like Fischer. These days he's rated about 2500 (I >think)--he's a senior master, whatever that is--and is the strongest opponent >I've ever played except for the programs. I've played him hundreds of games and >the only time I ever beat him was when I talked him into giving me rook odds. I >thought it was kind of odd of him that he seemed kind of happy I won a game off >him, but he's never given me rook odds after that. The closest program there is >to playing this guy is Gambit Tiger. > >rc If your guy is the same as my guy, then the only USCF rating I have for anybody of that name in SC is over 8 years old and is 1963. Could it be that he hasn't actually played in a tournament since then? jm
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