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18 Nov 08
18 Nov 08
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Originally posted by JieWell, all I can say is that he must have got sick of being cheated by foreigners and decided to fight fire with fire - his rating was probably around the 2100 level in real life, and most players of that level can reach 2200+ in correspondance.
You recently made a claim about non-native English speakers being prone to cheating or something similar. Care to tell us more with English Tal's ban? What is English Tal's OTB rating?
What I will say, in his defence, is that I believe he played fairly against me and was not using any engines.
These are the games:
Game 5436067
Game 5436033
18 Nov 08
Originally posted by TyrannosauruschexHow sure can we be that he's, indeed, guilty of cheating? Perhaps the mods made a mistake. And he can't even defend himself once banned. The whole process seems un-democratic.
Wow, I didnt see that one coming - I even respecfully resigned a game against him recently because I was certain he was a human.
Although, we did analyse a game in the forums where he got a 100% engine matchup - that sort of thing is a bit of a giveaway.
With this news, I think I am probably the only player left in the championships who will survive.
I'm not convinced. Game 4080882
18 Nov 08
Originally posted by infomastThe evidence suggests that he only cheated against certain opponents - he was a good enough player to have a chance of winning the rest of his games, and I believe he played those fairly.
How sure can we be that he's, indeed, guilty of cheating? Perhaps the mods made a mistake. And he can't even defend himself once banned. The whole process seems un-democratic.
I'm not convinced. Game 4080882
18 Nov 08
Originally posted by KatastroofUser 20483
Player 20483 made him do it!
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18 Nov 08
Originally posted by KatastroofUse square brackets: (uid)20483(/uid)
Player 20483 made him do it!
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User 20483
18 Nov 08
Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromficsHow could you not see move #17 Nd4c2+ ??
Here is the game Game 5429609.
The only "game" in this variation for black was a test line of the author of my book versus Chessmaster 4000.
The author won that game.
English Tal found a crucial improvement and busted me. 🙂
I never considered myself 2200 strength, so I just thought it was a regular beatdown.
It may in fact be. I haven't really analyzed it that much.
19 Nov 08
Originally posted by AmsterdamnOf course he saw it, it was a sacrifice. White sacced his rook to get two pieces (black squared bishop and other rook) quickly into the attack. Unfortunately Black was so much material up he could afford to give away his queen for a rook and still be up.
How could you not see move #17 Nd4c2+ ??
19 Nov 08
Originally posted by TyrannosauruschexI wonder what insults you would have had for English Tal were he "a foreigner". Send me a p.m. of your name and I can check whether you are in the leaked extremist party list doing the rounds on the internet. We are not talking about one or two games where he had 100% Fritz matchup. His engine was good enough to win the site championship.
Well, all I can say is that he must have got sick of being cheated by foreigners and decided to fight fire with fire - his rating was probably around the 2100 level in real life, and most players of that level can reach 2200+ in correspondance.
What I will say, in his defence, is that I believe he played fairly against me and was not using any engines.
These are the games:
Game 5436067
Game 5436033
19 Nov 08
Originally posted by AmsterdamnI said he improved on Monson-Chessmaster 4000.
How could you not see move #17 Nd4c2+ ??
Here are some of the author's annotations to that game
14. ... b5 !?
15. Nh3!
17.Be3! (Still "theory"😉
18. ... Nxa1 ?
19.Re1 !!
The Chessmaster played 19. ... d6
19. ... Bb7 is a significant improvement and brings the whole line into question. (It also makes me question some of the NM's analysis in the book. He did do a great job, considering that the book covers every single variation.)
Here is a variation which I ended up transposing into, if I'm not mistaken.
19.Bc5+? Kg8 20.Re1 Bb7! 21.Re7 Qf8 22.Rxd7 Qf6! advantage to black.
I haven't used the Belgrade as much (if at all) since this game.
Two of the author's other moves
15.Bd3!? or 15.Be3!? "interesting" may be the way to go, although they too don't look that great.
Is this the bust to the 13. Bc4 variation?
If so, there is always 13.Qg3 ?! or 13.Kd1 !? (they too may have their difficulties.)
19 Nov 08
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Originally posted by SquelchbelchWhat has User 235866 done wrong 😛
ET gone but yet The Untouchable remains...
19 Nov 08
Originally posted by JieHis "name" is on his profile page.
I wonder what insults you would have had for English Tal were he "a foreigner". Send me a p.m. of your name and I can check whether you are in the leaked extremist party list doing the rounds on the internet. We are not talking about one or two games where he had 100% Fritz matchup. His engine was good enough to win the site championship.
However his sign off is incorrect!!
It should be
By Queen...
By Rook...
By Pawn...
Bye Bye!
and not
By pawn...
By Rook...
By Queen...
Bye Bye!