2 unfair bannings

Originally posted by SmittyTime
Has anyone ever been banned for soemthing other than engine use? In my short time here I am only aware of bannings for this reason.

Getting banned for engine use when you're not using an engine would be the ultimate compliment of your chess game.

I'd love it if I got banned for engine use. It would mean I must be getting really friggin good.

Originally posted by SmittyTime
That answer is responsive to my querry.

I would be most obliged if you would elaborate and let us know what other ways exist to get banned from this place.

Unfair banning? Can you please post some games of those players? I've heard Yelena Dembo crying as loud as she could "I was wrongly accused of cheating" and when I saw her games on chess.com they matched Rybka almost move-by-move. By coincidence, of course.

Cotoi brings the banhammer.

Originally posted by Krb3710
I have recently rejoined this site after a long period of absence due to work commitments, and to my surprise when i checked the player tables 2 good friends of mine appear to have been banned. If anyone knows why the players Fantal and Alzheimer were banned please let me know.
The reason I call these bannings unfair is that I know both of these players in ...[text shortened]... the other was my old chess teacher who was a strong correspondence and OTB player for many years

Originally posted by adramforall
So why did you rejoin a site where two highly rated friends of yours were banned from, in your opinion infairly?

Why not leave again?

Originally posted by adramforall
So why did you rejoin a site where two highly rated friends of yours were banned from, in your opinion infairly?

Why not leave again?

You offered to publish the ECF details of your mates to support your claims. Are you still willing to do that? If you don't want to post to the full forum, you can post to me privately and 'in confidence' if you prefer

Originally posted by atticus2
If you don't want to post to the full forum, you can post to me privately and 'in confidence' if you prefer

Originally posted by Krb3710
i was only aware of these bannings when i rejoined, i will probably leave again to be honest

Originally posted by Bostonsux81
Getting banned for engine use when you're not using an engine would be the ultimate compliment of your chess game.

I'd love it if I got banned for engine use. It would mean I must be getting really friggin good.

Originally posted by wormwood
personal info shouldn't be posted on public rhp forums... might even score a ban.

Originally posted by pdunne
ECF records are public, just like those of FIDE. I suppose linking real-life names to rhp handles is a bit less clear though.

To be a personal friend of two people who were both unfairly banned for cheating at the same website is very poor luck indeed; I would stay away the lottery for a while.