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Subject: Re: Why would high rating Players fear a low rating Pocket Fritz ?

Author: Jeroen van Dorp

Date: 16:10:27 12/05/01

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On December 05, 2001 at 13:27:36, Albert Silver wrote:

>I don't see why everyone presumes the threat is Pocket Fritz. Remember that
>German cheater who used some kind of radio device in his ear? I don't see why
>one couldn't hook up one of these pocket machines to a powerful PC somewhere.
>

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" The player’s meeting took place on the 26th of November. It could have been a
“normal” meeting if not the question raised by the former World Champion Anatoly
Karpov – “computer control”. He was afraid of other players cheating, using the
Pocket PC, Pocket Fritz and mobile telephones, and accessing help from outside.
The computer control has been established – all the players entering the playing
area were later checked with metal detectors for their presence. And it was not
only 1 time a day, but every time a player entered the playing area. You went to
the toilet, come back several minutes later, checked again. Sometimes there were
large queues where players had to stand.  "

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just for everybody's information.

J.



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