Author: James Robertson
Date: 16:22:22 08/23/99
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On August 23, 1999 at 17:18:30, Terry Presgrove wrote: >On August 23, 1999 at 15:28:10, James Robertson wrote: > >>Yesterday on FICS I noticed scrappy (Crafty on P200x4) was playing a human who >>had already defeated it twice at 5 5 blitz and was mopping up a third victory. I >>was kind of suspicious, so I started talking to him and asked him to play my >>program. Overall, it was a completely one-sided affair, but I was convinced that >>he was not a computer when he missed several tactical things my program saw very >>quickly. >> >>I asked him if he was a GM or IM, and no, he said he was unrated(!). Anyway, I >>have never seen a human outsmart computers so well in blitz without relying on >>standard anti-computer play. Nor did he shy away from tactics, and often after >>complex exchanges he would come out ahead. >> >>Is he very unusual, or are there a lot of players like him? He also mentioned he >>had many rated chess playing friends, and did not think he was near GM strength. >> >>James > > I had a similar situation arise ( with different results) yesterday on ICC. > I had noticed this particular handle had gotten a couple of draws in 15 5 > games previously so I decided to take a closer look. This fellow had a 1400 > bullet, 1700 blitz and over 2400 in standard. This got me suspicious and after > my program's second loss in a row I struck up a conversation and asked him > about the disparity in his ratings and what his USCF or FIDE rating was. He > said 2260. When I responded USCF or FIDE? He said he had been inactive for 6 > years and was terrible at blitz. After another exchange he said he was 19 years > old and asked me if I was a GM and why I didn't challenge Kasparov for the > world title. :,) > > TP This guy I played did not have a wide disparity between ratings. And he did make tactical mistakes sometimes, so he was probably not a computer.... his time use seemed very human too. He also still made very good moves very quickly so I think it is unlikely he was using a computer to cheat.... James
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