Using some of my tools I was able to detect some GM shenanigans. I would like to share my methods, but who would be interested?
Here are two human-human games, a day apart, with 2 different pairs of players. Games are practically identical. The only differences are the interchange of moves 22 and 23, and a discovered check on White's move 29 where the blocking knight moves to a different harmless square. Both games were draws.
Norm Pollock wrote:Using some of my tools I was able to detect some GM shenanigans. I would like to share my methods, but who would be interested?
Here are two human-human games, a day apart, with 2 different pairs of players. Games are practically identical. The only differences are the interchange of moves 22 and 23, and a discovered check on White's move 29 where the blocking knight moves to a different harmless square. Both games were draws.
Norm Pollock wrote:Using some of my tools I was able to detect some GM shenanigans. I would like to share my methods, but who would be interested?
Here are two human-human games, a day apart, with 2 different pairs of players. Games are practically identical. The only differences are the interchange of moves 22 and 23, and a discovered check on White's move 29 where the blocking knight moves to a different harmless square. Both games were draws.
This is nothing new. Either both players in the second game were content with a draw, or both were ok with a draw and wondering what the other had prepared, which turned out to be nothing. I am guessing the 1st case, and was how they got past the minimum move rule before drawing.
"Tactics are the bricks and sticks that make up a game, but positional play is the architectural blueprint."
Ah yes..... This was Fischers Lament concerning the Russians. These days I just have fun researching my chess book and playing exploration/creativity chess on the net. Tournaments are full of bogus rated players and other shenanigans to the point I simply do not enjoy it.
Nimzovik wrote:Ah yes..... This was Fischers Lament concerning the Russians. These days I just have fun researching my chess book and playing exploration/creativity chess on the net. Tournaments are full of bogus rated players and other shenanigans to the point I simply do not enjoy it.
The players are top notch but they do copy games when there's no need to do anything else.
That's sad but that's life. Fischer tried to make something more sinister out of it. Half-truths are propaganda.