Zero Tolerance of Cheats

Originally posted by MIODude
In your profile, you state you use books and databases extensively, but not engines.. Surely someone of your rating should know the difference in how well you would play the game with one over the other? Are you saying that when you are about 20-25 moves in, you can find books and games that perfectly match the games you are in?

In 10+ years, I have picked up a thing or 2 about chess.

If you look at my games, I am a big fan of 'alternative' openings. I think some of the 'older' openings still have worth today, especially against weaker players.

My personal strength is the middlegame, which is what allows me to experiment with different openings. Answering your question, no, I dont have resources that show me every move of every game I play... thats really a silly thing to say. Grow up and stop trying to antagonize. I have books on every aspect of the game, but I rely mostly on my opening theories. My ability with fewer pieces on the board gives me the luxury of trying different openings, some of which are quite effective.

Originally posted by phil nutley
Read my post! I Dont and never will......

So,can you enlight me and tell me why do you consider chess books "cheating"?

Originally posted by SirUlrich
if we (as a site) are in favour of Zero tolerance of cheats, why do we allow people to play using published analysis. Surely this is cheating pure and simple. Especially as most GMs use chess engines in their analysis workflow. Shouldn't chess be a meeting of 2 minds?
3rd party help is cheating however you want to dress it up!

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Ok I accept my games may well be a meeting of 1 and a half minds
🙂

1.5 minds? Filthy cheater!! 🙄🙄🙄

Originally posted by Checkmate187
In 10+ years, I have picked up a thing or 2 about chess.

If you look at my games, I am a big fan of 'alternative' openings. I think some of the 'older' openings still have worth today, especially against weaker players.

My personal strength is the middlegame, which is what allows me to experiment with different openings. Answering your quest ...[text shortened]... n the board gives me the luxury of trying different openings, some of which are quite effective.

not trying to antagonize at all.. when it gets into mud slinging, I just stop commenting...
What I mean is.. openings are only so many moves into the game.. At some point, there will be deviation from the moves from one game to another.. Eventually a book won't help.. I'm not questioning how you play, or what you do.. just that., if you've been around a while, you surely must know that at some point, a book or database is not going to help, whereas a chess engine would continue providing assistance..