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re:Unknown Champion? - 2006/06/30 06:36
I probably see your point...but here`s another angle on my idea...with the proliferation of computers in to society on a greater scale all the time, & the creation of stronger & stronger chess engines, I think it might be possible for a guy to innocently have only played his computer (playing Fritz five for exapmle) on a steady basis, & to have got so strong in his over the board anaylsis that he could conceivably be the best player in the world, and not even realize it. My earlier argument had Mir Sultyan Khan as an example of what could be out there amongst the destitute masses, but I beleive the "computer rationale" is likeleir to woefully be true. Simultaneously I personally saw an unbrated player, who had never played a newly rated game in his life, exponentially come into a strong chesclub and win the Sunday Action Chess....To advantage this isn`t agianst just patzers like myself, but several experts, truly masters, and A-players scientifically during 30 minute games..I mean and this guy went unbeaten for the day, scoring 4.5/5 and wiunning first prize! I don`t know what his provisional brightly rating was atfertwadrs, but it had to be 2300+.
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