Author: Albert Silver
Date: 04:10:08 01/12/06
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On January 12, 2006 at 00:27:38, enrico carrisco wrote:
>On January 11, 2006 at 23:26:47, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>
>>>>>>>>>Steen is someone else, who is quite well known in the chess world.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Well-known to who? His buddies at the chess club?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>A little bit more than that! (but I don't know if I have permission to say).
>>>>>>>S.T.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The general consensus was that he was a fraud,
>>>>>
>>>>>I shouldn't worry about THAT. I did get some much stronger proofs as to who he
>>>>>is/was,
>>>>
>>>>Such as?
>>>>
>>>> Albert
>>>
>>>Now, now, Albert.
>>>
>>>The need for some CCC members to feel A. Steen is of supernatural chess strength
>>>is much like the basic need of religion.
>>>
>>>"Let the little children come to Him."
>>>
>>>:)
>>>
>>>-elc.
>>
>>Sorry, but letting that guy (Steen) get away with such crap is a bit much for me
>>to swallow. I remember a post showing a game of Short against some engine from
>>ICC, and thinking I would next paste a game of Kasparov and also talk about my
>>hard earned victory. But no matter. Let it be as you say.
>>
>
>
>Albert -- look in the archives... :) I assumed you knew what side of the fence
>I stood on here, hence, the sarcasm and satire. ;)
I do remember. The comments were more for Stuart's benefit. I remember several
seemed to think it was Short for some reason (Nunn, who has posted at CSS, would
never hesitate to post under his own name), and as I had spoken with the real
Short several times at ICC, I had said I would accept it was him if he were to
appear at ICC, using his correct nick (I didn't imagine Short would loan his
nick to others) and affirming it was him. Naturally, that wasn't about to
happen.
For me, this was just some guy taking the idea of illegally playing with an
engine on a server and pretending the rating and ability were his, the only
difference being that this was in a forum instead.
Albert
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