Author: John Dawlish
Date: 09:19:40 11/29/03
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On November 29, 2003 at 11:39:44, Mike Byrne wrote: >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. The Sun is owned by multi millionaire Rupert (The Dirty Digger) Murdoch who also owns Fox News, I believe. The Sun doesn't care about libel actions and has been lying for years. The paper is printed in Wapping, London and is thus known as "The Wapping Liar". JD 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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