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Subject: Re: This Allowerma Fellow From Germany

Author: Micheal Cummings

Date: 14:24:17 03/10/99

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On March 10, 1999 at 16:36:27, odell hall wrote:

>Hi CCC
>
>
> I have been following with great interest the story of this 1960 elo fifty year
>old player, who caused a sensation in Germany, with his remarkable results.
>Having downloaded the games yesterday, I must say that I am astonished that
>anyone could possibly think the guy is innocent. I had a 95% match in the moves
>that he made using my fritz5.16.  I believe that it is possible for a person to
>have an outstanding tournament, on any give day, and  to even play two hundred
>points above one's rating.  But I think this Allwerma case goes way beyond that,
>This guy was simply playing like a strong grandmaster!!! I have been rated very
>near 1950 myself, This guy was playing way above the 1950 level. In my opinion
>the guy either got a bionic brain transplant or he is just simply a Computer
>chess Cheat.


I wrote about this over a month ago, and after looking at his games I think it
is pretty obvious that he was using a computer because I have checked out his
games beforehand and after and he has not been able to reproduce this Fritz
playing style and strength again. I think they should have banned him.



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