Noodles in the database

Seeing this game in the masters database, I was wondering: Can we get some cheddar on top of that?



(Or can we just get rid off all these computer/online games?)

See also: lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/online-games-in-the-masters-database

Yes, I've found a few of these myself, mostly from the PAL/CSS tournaments that were held in the 2000s.

They were serious tournaments for prize money. Freestyle/'advanced' chess enjoyed some popularity at the time, the point being that human/computer 'teams' would compete and any form of computer/database assistance was allowed. It declined once computers became far too strong to need the help of a puny biological flesh-bag.

More info here en.chessbase.com/post/eighth-pal-c-freestyle-tournament-with-16-000-prize-fund

I suppose they weren't FIDE rated so they might not belong in the DB on that basis, but the play should still be pretty strong