Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 17:01:10 07/09/02
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On July 09, 2002 at 19:19:59, Eye Witness wrote: > A Player VERY well known to all that post here has just won $10,000 dollars at >the world open in the under 1600 section >http://www.worldopen.com/results/1600.htm >, finishing with a near perfect score, 8.5 out of 9(giving a courtesy draw in >the last round)!! Last year this same player played in a section below this, >the under 1400 and could only barely get 3.5 out of 9! This is not a kid, but a >man probably in his early 40s! At the tournament he had an ear piece and >headphones at every game! He also played a new opening almost every game! He >has been week, and has never shown any performance even remotely close to this. >He has further gained extensive knowledge about computer chess from this forum. >I saw one game where he could have won a queen for a rook, but instead he went >for a more complcated tactic to win a rook out right very computer like >calculation of 5 points vs 4 for the exchange. Are you implying that he probably cheated? It could be that he has been testing different chess engines and improved a lot by observing them play. PS: My heading is a little misleading, but I'm NOT implying that he used CT 14.9 for Palm. Pichard.
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