Peter Stein 	  May 20 1993, 3:38 pm     show options
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From: pst...@falcon.depaul.edu (Peter Stein) - Find messages by this author
Date: Thu, 20 May 1993 22:09:40 GMT
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Subject: ICS impersonations redux
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Ok, so it appears that Anand really did play on ICS, but here's one to
top it:
         A couple of days ago I logged on just to check messages and see
         if anythings going on. I checked the games and discovered that
         someone with the handle BSpassky was playing. Have they no
         shame I thought, besmirching a GMs good name (besides hasn't
         Boris suffered enough lately?). Anyway I checked the stats only
         to discover that his speed rating is 2677! (believe it or
         don't), but what's fishy is his regular rating which is under
         1000. The stats text was something to the effect of "just an
         old tennis player who doesn't have time to think" (it is well
         known that Spassky is an avid tennis player). So is this just
         another ruse or what? If it is, how was the 2677 rating
         established? If it isn't, where is Boris connecting to the
         Internet? Enquiring minds want to know.

Stay tuned. Same bat-channel. Same bat-time.

Siegfried
pst...@falcon.depaul.edu
s...@tellabs.com

	
Tim Mann 	  May 20 1993, 4:34 pm     show options
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Date: Thu, 20 May 93 23:13:57 GMT
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Subject: Re: ICS impersonations redux
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BSpassky on ICS is Deep Thought I playing in 2 minute mode.  See "help
computers".  I believe it got its rotten standard-length-game rating
by resigning a large number of games to Kon, as a joke.

        --Tim

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In article <1993May20.220940.29...@hal.depaul.edu>, pst...@falcon.depaul.edu (Peter Stein) writes:
>Ok, so it appears that Anand really did play on ICS, but here's one to
>top it:
>     A couple of days ago I logged on just to check messages and see
>     if anythings going on. I checked the games and discovered that
>     someone with the handle BSpassky was playing. Have they no
>     shame I thought, besmirching a GMs good name (besides hasn't
>     Boris suffered enough lately?). Anyway I checked the stats only
>     to discover that his speed rating is 2677! (believe it or
>     don't), but what's fishy is his regular rating which is under
>     1000. The stats text was something to the effect of "just an
>     old tennis player who doesn't have time to think" (it is well
>     known that Spassky is an avid tennis player). So is this just
>     another ruse or what? If it is, how was the 2677 rating
>     established? If it isn't, where is Boris connecting to the
>     Internet? Enquiring minds want to know.


	
Terence M. Rokop 	  May 21 1993, 9:51 am     show options
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From: t...@andrew.cmu.edu (Terence M. Rokop) - Find messages by this author
Date: 21 May 93 14:16:48 GMT
Local: Fri, May 21 1993 7:16 am
Subject: Re: ICS impersonations redux
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1993May20.220940.29...@hal.depaul.edu>,
 pst...@falcon.depaul.edu (Peter Stein) writes:
>Ok, so it appears that Anand really did play on ICS, but here's one to
>top it:
>     A couple of days ago I logged on just to check messages and see
>     if anythings going on. I checked the games and discovered that
>     someone with the handle BSpassky was playing. Have they no
>     shame I thought, besmirching a GMs good name (besides hasn't
>     Boris suffered enough lately?). Anyway I checked the stats only
>     to discover that his speed rating is 2677! (believe it or
>     don't), but what's fishy is his regular rating which is under
>     1000. The stats text was something to the effect of "just an
>     old tennis player who doesn't have time to think" (it is well
>     known that Spassky is an avid tennis player). So is this just
>     another ruse or what? If it is, how was the 2677 rating
>     established? If it isn't, where is Boris connecting to the
>     Internet? Enquiring minds want to know.

>Stay tuned. Same bat-channel. Same bat-time.

>Siegfried
>pst...@falcon.depaul.edu
>s...@tellabs.com

I believe BSpassky is a computer, the great Deep Thought (Deep Blue?).  This
explains his dominant rating.  (Though not his bizarre standard rating.
I'm sure it's based on very few games.  Maybe it had a bug?  Does anyone
know?)  The computer had at least three handles last I checked - scratchy,
BSpassky, and RFischer (so don't get excited when you see RFischer with
a high rating ;) ).  I think typing "help computers" on ICS will tell you
that.  As for the bit about the tennis player, it is well known - no doubt
to the people running Deep Thought on the ICS.  In other words, you don't
have to be BSpassky himself to know that he plays tennis.  :)

                                                Terry