do you mean he's a cheater? No ofc he isn't, He had defeated Houdini and rybka 10-0 each, so it's very ordinary for him to win a Human event.
Exactly! He just doesn't feel like becoming a grandmaster, so he keeps his rating artificially low.
We are all convinced that he is a fraud. In this era of high wireless tech and mighty computers, for an expert in that field like him, it is easy to cheat.
How long will it last? People are working years on the game to be where they are now and then someone like this (it could be you and me) walks in and kicks your ...
Tournament with prizes don't have mining any more , its for laughs.
It may have a good effect on the long run , chess may become 100 % amateur pastime.
i really want to know how he does it.
Microphone surgically implanted in his ear where it wont be seen?
Complex system of discreet signals from a partner?
Who says he did anything here? Notice a player rated 300+ points back finished only a game out of first...
Doing what you like: "playing" chess and earning few $ simultaneously.
For how long ? As long as they let him.
The prize money is quite low for him to be putting so much effort in cheating. It's about BGN 300. + Bowl. (Source:http://chessbulg.free.bg/kustendil/membogandonov.htm)
Unless that is a lot in some way. Or Im looking at the wrong site.
Next time they should do a whole body x-ray. Confirm or clear his name finally.
i really want to know how he does it. Microphone surgically implanted in his ear where it wont be seen? Complex system of discreet signals from a partner?
I don't know either but I do know this:
One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to show you a brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken. Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not accept this bet, because as sure as you stand there, you're going to wind up with an ear full of cider. SKY MASTERSON
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr95086.aspx?art=1&rd=9&lan=1&flag=30&wi=821
Well, you have to applause the guy. He succesefully manage to combine two best things;
Doing what you like: "playing" chess and earning few $ simultaneously.
For how long ? As long as they let him.