| Nov-13-06 | | Milo: Mate in 8. This would be an amusing April 1 puzzle. For the story of the game: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hans3... |
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| Dec-19-11 | | eSpade: A more recent article
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... |
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| Jan-07-13 | | dumbgai: 31. Qa7!? is definitely a red flag. Very few sensible human players would consider that move, especially when easy wins are available with 31. Rxb7 or Rxf6. |
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Jul-23-16
 | | offramp: <Milo: Mate in 8. This would be an amusing April 1 puzzle. For the story of the game:
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hans3...
This link no longer works. Ten years ago I used to visit Chesscafé on average about once a day. There were some really good articles there. I remember that things started to go downhill shortly after Tony Miles died. His regular column was replaced by a piece of garbage called Chess Mazes, which was I think for children or people unaware of how many beans make 2. Now the site is behind a concrete paywall. They want $25 a year for their little Chess Mazes and articles such as "PLAY LIKE ELOI RELANGE!" LOL who? It's possible that the site has been essentially abandoned by its owner. It's an example of failing to move with the times. Chessbase did move with the times, and the link given by <eSpade> still works and it explains today's pun. It ends with this humorous obloquy: <Here Kalinitschev resigned. While they were shaking hands Allwermann couldn't resist mentioning that the final position was mate in eight. “I don't think so,” said Kalinitschev. “Check it out, you'll find I'm right,” replied Allwermann with a wry smile.Well, some of the more experienced players did exactly that. They switched on their computers and fired up Fritz. The program reacted exactly as Allwermann had done (except perhaps for the smile).> |
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| Jul-23-16 | | The Kings Domain: Pretty complex game. The way white warded off black's persistent attack is admirable. |
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| Jul-23-16 | | morfishine: All things considered, this Allwermann fellow is outrageously brilliant, immensely talented and should be ranked right up there with the all time greats. Who can deny this? ***** |
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Jul-23-16
 | | alexmagnus: Probably the most famous cheating incident involving a German player.
While it is obvious he used Fritz (there is one version of Fritz which could reproduce Allwermann's moves in each of the suspect games 1:1), it could be never found out what his cheating method was. |
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| Jul-23-16 | | morfishine: <alexmagnus> Thats probably the most fascinating thing about this incident: He consistently denied any wrongdoing and his method remains a mystery |
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| Jul-23-16 | | johnlspouge: From <eSpade>'s link [ http://en.chessbase.com/post/a-hist... ] <So what does our hero play? 31.Qa7?!! “Fritzy!” squealed Anand and went into uncontrollable fits of laughter when he saw this and the following moves (I filmed his mirth and included it in my multimedia report in ChessBase Magazine 69). He and the other players immediately recognised the “hand” of the computer.> I find Fritz's recognizability intriguing. Despite Fritz's preference for 31.Qa7, my Stockfish definitely prefers 31.Qd7 (by about 0.5 P), so 31.Qa7 does indeed appear to be a Fritzian quirk. |
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Jul-23-16
 | | Fusilli: From the chessbase article: <the DA’s office dismissed the case due to “lack of sufficient proof”.> Interesting standard... People go to prison on a regular basis (including those sent there by that same DA's office, I'm guessing confidently) on account of eyewitness testimony, a much less valid "proof" than an event with a likelihood of occurrence lower than one in millions. |
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| Jul-23-16 | | Ultra: <Fusilli:
Interesting standard... People go to prison on a regular basis (including those sent there by that same DA's office, I'm guessing confidently) on account of eyewitness testimony, a much less valid "proof" than an event with a likelihood of occurrence lower than one in millions.>Newsflash!
Sir, this is a chess tournament with an ~ $850 prize. The man has been discredited, shamed, banned from all tournaments and no longer taken seriously as a chess player. For $850.
I think the real interesting standard here is you using injustices perpetuated by the "justice" system to encourage resources that could be used to pursue violent offenders to further impugn and punish this man who has clearly already suffered serious consequences for his actions. |
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Jul-23-16
| | Fusilli: <Ultra> No, no. Please don't turn this into a political statement, which is not. All I am saying is that a likelihood of one in millions should be considered proof. I did not give any evaluation of eye witness testimony (let alone of the criminal justice system) other than saying it is less valid and reliable than evidence of likelihood of 1 in millions. So, if we find people guilty on account of eye witness testimony, we should find them guilty on account of this statistical evidence. As for the "wisdom" of this player's actions, I posted about it on his page earlier today, before you posted this. Peace.
P.S. For a look at eye witness testimony from the point of view of cognitive science, Season 1 Episode 3 ("Remember this!") of Brain Games, available on Netflix (and youtube and other video websites), is fun. |
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| Jul-23-16 | | Ultra: No, he's not right. Convict based on statistics and odds isn't right. It's stupid. Juries convict based on evidence, including statistics, but odds alone do not a guilty man make. May 10 guilty people go free in order for one innocent to avoid unjust conviction. Btw, I think he cheated too. |
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| Jul-23-16 | | RandomVisitor: Black was holding on ok until the mistake at move 27 - the improvement 27...Raf8 gives black an even game
click for larger viewKomodo-10-64bit:
<+0.00 27...Raf8> 28.Nd4 Nxd4 29.Bxd4 Be4 30.Rxf7 Rxf7 31.Nf4 Qg4 32.h3 Qg5 33.Qe2 Rxf4 34.Qxe4 Rxf1+ 35.Kxf1 Qc1+ 36.Ke2 Qe1+ 37.Kd3 Qb1+ 38.Ke3 Qe1+ 39.Kf3 Qg3+ 40.Ke2 Qe1+ |
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| Jul-25-16 | | kevin86: Black's attack ran out of gas! |
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