Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 08:39:44 11/29/03
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On November 29, 2003 at 01:30:22, Slater Wold wrote: >http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2003551689,00.html > >--- > >One expert said: “LIST was playing out of its skin. We were shocked by some of >the great moves it came up with. People started to smell a rat.” > > >There's your 'circumstantial evidence'. > > > The complaint was raised on November 23rd. At that point, List had one win and two losses - that hardly qualifies for "playing out of it skin". Of course, it all came to a head after it drew Brutus in Round 7 ( or so it seems). Mr Levy's letter was issued the next day. In the final tally it beat Quark, Nexus and Chinito, drew with Green Light and Brutus and lost to Shredder, Junior and Fritz. Those results are also not unsurprizing and again, it hardly qualifies for "playing out it skin". If he is innocent, I hope the Sun has good insurance - because that would definitely appear to be libelous action for defamation of character. Mr Levy letter never said he cheated - just that he never replied to their questions which were grounds for disqualification under the rules. Quote from Sun "A COMPUTER has been booted out of a world chess championships for CHEATING." That is a big difference IMO. I wonder who said "“LIST was playing out of its skin. We were shocked by some of the great moves it came up with. People started to smell a rat." ... or if it was said at all. It does not really sound like something a chess programmer/expert would say. "smell a rat" after 1 win and two losses - this is getting more bizarre the more I think about it . I suspect it will not be long before attorneys are involved. Round 1 – Nov 22, 2003 List Shredder 0-1 Round 2 – Nov 23, 200 Quark List 0-1 Round 3 – Nov 23, 200 Deep Junior List 1-0 Round 4 – Nov 24, 2003 List Nexus 1-0 Round 5 – Nov 25, 2003 Chinito List 0-1 Round 6 – Nov 26, 2003 List Green Light draw Round 7 – Nov 26, 2003 List Brutus draw Round 8 – Nov 27, 2003 Fritz List 1-0
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