Author: Reynolds Takata
Date: 11:04:39 01/25/99
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A few months ago, a poster named Gram or Graham can't remember, said that Fritz 5.32 playing anonymously could score the GM norm, well it turns out he was right. >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
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