Author: Marc Plum
Date: 15:14:07 03/11/99
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On March 10, 1999 at 17:44:42, Charles Milton Ling wrote: >New stuff appeared on the GambitSoft website recently. It appears that he >played (or is indeed playing) another Open in Bad Wörishofen right now and - >surrounded by more spectators than anybody else - lost two of his first three >games, i.e. functioning at his usual 1925 level. Just for the sake of argument, assume for the moment that he didn't cheat. Which of the following two improbable scenarios seems less unlikely? 1. Unknown middle-aged amateur emerges from obscurity to win one major tournament, but can never repeat this success. 2. Unknown middle-aged amateur emerges from obscurity to win tournament after tournament, performing at an IM or GM level consistently. I don't know that his failure to repeat his success can be seen as evidence of cheating if that is what you meant. >Investigations have also been >launched according to which he bought all sorts of electronic devices, adapted >and appropriate to his nefarious purposes shortly before his "triumph". If this is true, that would be a much better way of establishing guilt. I would much rather see hard physical evidence and eyewitness testimony than deductions based on analysis of the games. >I am a >great believer in the presumption of innocence, but credulity is strained >here. No argument there. Let's just see what other evidence emerges. If he is definitely proven guilty, fine. Unfortunately, innocence can be harder to demonstrate. > At any rate, bans are being considered... >Let's call him "Allwermann", by the way. >Charley Thanks for the update. Marc
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