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    Cheating Allegations Lead to "Strip Search" of Chess Player

    I asked my question with particular reference to the move Bd6, which was cited by electric method as specific proof that he was guided by a computer. Are you saying that this specific move could not have been the result of fatigue and a decline in mental alertness at that moment?
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    Cheating Allegations Lead to "Strip Search" of Chess Player

    In my youth, I remember being told by my school chess captain that I was a strong player with the strongest mid-game play in the school (i.e. even stronger than he) but that I was weak in closed positions because I got impatient and played recklessly. (I was also weak in the endgame.) I did...
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    Cheating Allegations Lead to "Strip Search" of Chess Player

    Bobby Fischer made a huge leap in performance between when he was 12 and 13, so the Great Leap Forward cannot be ruled out. However, I accept that if it is not sustained thereafter then it is suspicious. However if we "know every single way to play" then this man could have added some of that...
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    Cheating Allegations Lead to "Strip Search" of Chess Player

    Firstly, the question remains, if he did cheat then HOW. "It's unlikely that she died of natural causes," is not the same as "you were the only other person in the house so you must have killed her." A good defense lawyer - or even a good cop - would ask: "If it was poison, where are the traces...