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Archive for August, 2006

Why I Won’t Run Big-Money Events

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

Chessbase knows why I won’t run large prize tournaments. I don’t care to play hi-tech detective against the cheats those sort of events bring out of the woodwork.
Bill Goichburg was quoted as saying this was taking cheating to a new level, but the truth is this is nothing new. A player was caught several years [...]