Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 19:05:44 04/06/02
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On April 06, 2002 at 13:37:35, K. Burcham wrote: >no GM at yahoo anytime. It was rumored once that there was a GM playing there. I saw him play a game once, and he had about 30 seconds left on his clock. He rattled off about 10 moves and mated his opponent with about 15 seconds left on his clock. Then again, it could have been a computer. My guess is that it was either a computer that all of the sudden got an endgame tablebase hit (although I think there were more than 5 pieces on the board, and it was a while back, before 6 piece endings). Or it was a GM setting a quick trap which the opponent fell for. I don't think a computer would have played like that. It paused for a moment, then rattled off the moves. Anyway, we'll never know, and even if this was a master player, it is probably the only one amongst rampant computers playing there posing as humans. ICC is much better. Russell
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