01 Sep 05
Originally posted by fierytormentI tell you again to simply look the game over and ask yourself if a reasonable player of even Grandmaster strength would resign. The answer is no. No obvious mistakes were required by Akizy, but he had to find a less than obvious line and even then there was no forced win. The game was not resignable unless you ran your engine very deep, found the line and then decided to give up. That's what I think happened. Be as skeptical as you want; but my information is he was matching up to a commercially available engine's preferred move almost 100% in game after game. He also played extremely quickly and never made any type of obvious mistake even though he was usually playing over a 100 games at a time. Taken together, the evidence was "overwhelming".
I'm not saying that everyone that has knowledge of chess won't cheat, but I disagree with you on this fact. On Akizy's level, a sizeable advantage is game over for the most part. He's not going to make a obvious mistake, and I think Ironman realized he made a mistake. Whether he was cheating or not........ I'm skeptical
01 Sep 05
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If Ironman31 / Edmond Dantes is RHP's most dedicated cheat is he also an imposter? Can the truth now be known? Pulsatilla has told me that she has met Afro in Italy and I have no reason to doubt her - so what is going on here? Is such a reputable member of the chess community really cheating to the such an extent on a public site? That seems crazy to me?! 😕
01 Sep 05
Originally posted by no1marauderI have to agree with No1. Several players kept sending me stuff showing ironman was using a chess engine. In all cases I told them to send the information to the game mods.
"Overwhelming evidence" and a "conclusion beyond a reasonable doubt" not a "reasonable chance". It's something completely different.
Even people close to me (and I won't mention names to spare their embarrassment) defended the evidence against ironman. But, like I told them, regardless of what people think, one must consider the evidence.
I think we all owe a contribution to No1 for pushing this issue so strongly (even though I don't agree with all of his analysis).
01 Sep 05
Originally posted by fierytormentRead the thread; Akizy's "analysis" is quite perfunctory. http://www.timeforchess.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=20385&page=2.
Just remember Akizy also did an analysis on that game too. Are we accusing him of cheating too?
IM's is unconvincing at least that the game is immediately resignable.
01 Sep 05
Originally posted by ExyThe Count of Monte Cristo?
If Ironman31 / Edmond Dantes is RHP's most dedicated cheat is he also an imposter? Can the truth now be known? Pulsatilla has told me that she has met Afro in Italy and I have no reason to doubt her - so what is going on here? Is such a reputable member of the chess community really cheating to the such an extent on a public site? That seems crazy to me?! 😕
He must be good, because he's not dead
01 Sep 05
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Originally posted by fierytormentI don't see any line where Black loses a piece; at most even if White gets to play 24 Bh5, he's only up the exchange and he has to make 4 correct moves to get there! The game would not be resigned by ANY strong player.
But @ the top level being a piece down is fatal, well, most of the time, I just think Ironman realized that being a piece down against a opponent of Akizy's caliber was fatal. But I may very well be wrong, He may have used an engine.