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posted by dsk on April 9th, 2008 at 1:57AM

I figured it out mid-way through. Dumbass chess grandmasters didn't!
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posted by rick on April 9th, 2008 at 2:46PM

Yeah, I definitely thought he was doing something like that as soon as I saw the seating arrangements.

Although, if you were the first four players, ...

*SPOILER ALERT*

... shouldn't you get a /little/ suspicious since after you make your first move (playing white), he gets up and leaves without playing a move?

posted by dennisn on April 9th, 2008 at 7:47PM

Hahaha... i didn't think about that :).

But, how do you think he beat the 9th player?

posted by rick on April 9th, 2008 at 11:50PM

No idea. And how did he get those numbers in the envelope?

posted by dennisn on April 10th, 2008 at 12:36PM

As far as I know, it was probably some quick 'n dirty magician's trick, because:

#1 when opening the envolope at the very end, he made a wholly awkward and unecessary attempt to interfere -- under the pretense of "taking the envelope" from him -- and I think he even fiddles with the paper itself -- he must have swapped a newly written paper during that meddling.

#2 he didn't know the numbers before the tournament -- he just gives the dude some random envelope -- we have no idea what is in it -- so he clearly didn't predict anything. if he could predict it, he would have written the number in plain view at the very beginning.

#3 a little off topic, but i'm not sure if the fact that he got the first number wrong was deliberate, or an actual mistake

Yeah I think half of those guys knew.
posted by pasofol on April 9th, 2008 at 5:26PM

Okay I made my move, now I'll just stay here until you figure yours out and move.   Not like anyone is actually waiting for my move somewhere else.

posted by dennisn on April 9th, 2008 at 8:19AM

How did he beat the 9th player? (who, even though the worst among them, was waaay better than him).