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Subject: Re: GM accused of cheating on a Chess server

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 02:16:26 11/11/03

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On November 10, 2003 at 20:39:59, mike schoonover wrote:

>On November 10, 2003 at 15:59:36, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:
>
>>I think that you know that Russian players, be they IMs or GMs, in the 2550 ELO
>>ballpark, are tactically the best in the world.  The positions you quoted are
>>way too simple for a good Russian player.  Shaposnikov a cheater?  No way... at
>>least in my opinion.  Ask any serious GM what chess school is supposed to be the
>>best of all, especially in tactics?
>>
>>The Knight to f5 is "easy" to see as it frees the black Bishop diagonal and
>>enables Black to eventually open up the g-file... The other example was not very
>>clear to me.  What is so special about 1.f4?  Why was it difficult to find?
>>
>>The whole thing sounds quite muddled to me, I must say.  I would like to hear
>>more evidence.
>>
>>Djordje
>
>hi Djordje,
>coincedently i was just sitting down to relax,
>randomly checking posts and going over the first game in chess informent #2.
>bronstejn v flesch,Szombathely.
>using winboard with ruffian105 for analysis i was amazed at how many moves
>ruffian choose that where also the choice in the game.
>some times very many in a row.
>to say that a human strong in tactics is copying fritz is a compliment and not
>necessaraly proof of any thing.
>just grab a informent your your favorite book of games and peruze them
>with your pet engine.
>in games between strong gms good software picks there move quite often.
>regards
>mike


Hi Mike,

both you and Russell clinched it with your post-mortem computer analyses.
Nowadays you can't really tell who is who (a GM or a top program) when playing a
tactical game...  So, why did they get disqualified?  It was not just one
Russian player, but two:  Shaposnikov and Popov. What matters is also the fact
both had had ELOs of over 2700 on the Fritz server _before_ the tourney.

Djordje



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