The BBC business news features Alan Trefler, who pulled off one of the greatest upsets in chess history at the 1975 World Open Chess Championship in New York. The 115 seed, with a 2075 rating, finished in a tie for 1st with GM Pal Benko and ahead of numerous other GMs.
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Re: Alan Trefler
Today, he would be accused of cheating and asked to strip. A good example of why a good result isn't proof of cheating.Originally posted by Jack Maguire View Post -
Re: Alan Trefler
Naturally it might depend on the quality of the games, e.g. whether many of his moves in most/all the games matched an engine's. If at least some of his higher rated opponents sometimes just blundered...Originally posted by Roger Patterson View PostAnything that can go wrong will go wrong.
Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace EngineerComment
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Re: Alan Trefler
Some of his games are in the September, 1975 issue of "Chess Life and Review". Some years later (1988), he didn't do so well against Canada's Ray Stone:
[Event "USA-op"]
[Site "Boston USA"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stone, Raymond"]
[Black "Trefler, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1988.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2
Qe8 9. Rb1 Qh5 10. b4 Bd7 11. c5 Ne4 12. Ne5 Be8 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. f3 Bf6 15.
fxe4 Bxe5 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bb2 Qg5 19. exd5 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Bg6
21. Rf1+ Kg8 22. Qc4 cxd5 23. Qxd5 Nc6 24. Qd7 1-0Comment
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Re: Alan Trefler
Alan Trefler is evidently the world's newest billionaire.
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Re: Alan Trefler
When I was a kid, a Billion dollars was a lot of money.Originally posted by Jack Maguire View PostGary Ruben
CC - IA and SIM
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Re: Alan Trefler
I work for Alan's company. I've been working with the software for almost 6 years now.Comment
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Re: Alan Trefler
Hi Josh:
Nice to see you come up for some "chess air"!
Bob AComment
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