Author: Lanny DiBartolomeo
Date: 14:09:27 11/05/98
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On November 05, 1998 at 13:02:56, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: >I KNEW IT!!, Well I didn't know it, but I knew it!? > >mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! > > >On November 05, 1998 at 09:40:19, Albert Silver wrote: > >>After noticing a number of users asking about Rebel's revolutionary Anti-GM >>technique, and the misinformed opinions of the forum's experts, I have decided >>to explain once and for all what it is. >>It follows the precepts of Ruy Lopez with some modernized additions of >>Schroeder's. Ruy Lopez in his somewhat outdated book suggested among other >>things to angle the board so that the sun would glare in the opponent's eyes. >>naturally if you are playing against a machine there is little possibility of >>this. >>So what happens is Rebel slowly begins to darken the screen until the >>Grandmaster, realizing that he is squinting, begins to increase the Contrast and >>Brightness controls of the monitor, then suddenly the screeen will go all white >>producing a flash that effectively blinds the opponent temporarily. If it works >>as intended, by the time the GM's vision has cleared up, Rebel will have won on >>time. >>A secondary effect is to administer small electric shocks through the mouse, a >>technology first developed by the CIA, and subsequently borrowed by Ed, which >>will unsettle the opponent enough to have him play weaker moves, sometimes >>playing a shorter move so as not to have to handle the mouse for a prolonged >>legth of time. >>Last, small messages flash across the screen at speeds the eye cannot properly >>register but that the brain does (Yes, subliminal) tell the opponent to >>sacrifice his queen. >>Nevertheless, Ed assures us that his initial plan, to flash his account number >>and how much to deposit in it was rejected eventually for ethical reasons. >>I cannot stay any longer now, as the library will only allow me limited use of >>this computer. If you wish further info I can be reached in the nearest shelter >>since my funds were inexplicably transfered from my account, though the bank >>assures me that it is NOT due to a hacker. >> >> Albert Silver :))))) :))))!!
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