Author: Thom Perry
Date: 05:46:48 01/25/99
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On January 25, 1999 at 08:34:38, Jürgen Hartmann wrote: >The German Newsmagazine "Der Spiegel" today reports a funny story: Mr. >Allwermann, an Elo 1925 amateur of age 55 has won a nine-round 2h/40 swiss >tournament and achieved a performance of 2630. > >Organizers and competitors got somewhat suspicious when the guy announced a mate >in eight in the decisive final round game against grandmaster Kalinichev! > >"Der Spiegel" writes that Mr. Allwermann's moves are reproducible with >Fritz5.32. While nobody understands how he has done it, there are rumours that >he formerly worked in the 'electronics business'. Moreover the German chess >magazine "Schachmagazin 64" not only points out the fantastic attacking >combinations but also some typical Fritz 'no-clue' moves like Bf4 in a closed >French Winawer as White. > >Seems like we will need airport-type security checks in tournaments in the >future. This is not only a very interesting post, but also is very important to all OTB tournament players. Please keep us posted with all new developments of this story, many of which will occur, I predict. >Jürgen
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