Author: KarinsDad
Date: 07:06:04 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. > >Jürgen Not only is this interesting that someone has actually done this, but a bigger problem comes in on how to detect and stop it. You cannot analyze all of the games played by the winners of tournaments, can you? Opinions on how to stop this kind of thing guys? I'm sure almost all of us has fantasized winning a big tournament this way since we are all interested in computer chess, but the majority of us are either: 1) principled individuals 2) chicken 3) do not have a friend who would also be willing to cheat at this level (being successful without having a co-hort to handle unexpected crashes of the computer, etc.) 4) are not technical enough to setup some form of radio system (do not do this in a casino tournament guys, you WILL get caught) 5) are not smart enough to do this without getting caught (announcing mate in 8, what was he, nuts?). KarinsDad
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