Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveReally? You would refuse games against cheats and database users both, correct? What would you do differently for the cheats?
That is complete balderdash, and you should know it.
I ain't going to KEEP repeating that I don't consider it cheating, or even that I am in favour of disallowing it. [which I'm not]
Everyone on this site can make their own choices about who they play, if I decide I don't want to play Ragnorak for example, it does NOT mean I am treating him in the same way as a cheat.
Gawd give me strength.
Originally posted by BigDoggProblemI didn't say I would refuse games from database users, in fact the opposite. I SIMPLY said I would prefer to know if they were using them. As for playing cheats, I do the same as anyone else.....nothing, how do we know. If someone wants to tell me they cheat, I'd ask them to resign and/or I'd grass them up to the game mods.
Really? You would refuse games against cheats and database users both, correct? What would you do differently for the cheats?
What would you suggest?
Originally posted by exigentsky🙄
I think the easiest way to know if someone is cheating is to see how closely their play correlates to chess engine analysis. If it is 95% the same, you can be pretty sure that that player is getting some extra help.
Thanks for that amazing insight Captain Obvious. Next time read the damn thread.
I got a great one example. What about people who drink coffee, pop before chess games. That gives them an unfair advantage over people who don't drink. Would you ask them, did you drink ____ before the game?
I read that they are thinking about having a rule that you can't drink more then ____ L during the game. On chessbase they had this report about pop and stuff.
Personally, I started drinking pop before every OTB game. I find it helps me play better and of course levels out the field against those coffee drinkers.
I read it several months ago on www.chessbase.com
They had a picture of some GM, maybe a female Gm with her 1 L pop bottle near her board. They were saying that they showed something to 2 groups. One which had pop/ caffeine and one which didn't. After 4 hours the pop group had a better percentage of showing them what they were shown at the beginning compared to the non-drinkers. I think it was a chess position but i could be wrong.
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2773
There's the report. Notice it says nothing about improved chess playing due to caffeine only that it may (the tests done were tiny and have huge statistical error) help in remembering a series of numbers.
The thing about limiting caffeine consumption comes from FIDE looking to get Chess considered as an Olympic sport. A drug policy was written that was atrocious and basically meant that you could be disqualified for having any caffeine in your system. It was never adopted.
Originally posted by RahimKNow you're being silly.
I got a great one example. What about people who drink coffee, pop before chess games. That gives them an unfair advantage over people who don't drink. Would you ask them, did you drink ____ before the game?
I read that they are thinking about having a rule that you can't drink more then ____ L during the game. On chessbase they had this report about pop a ...[text shortened]... find it helps me play better and of course levels out the field against those coffee drinkers.
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveThis is a bit confusing. Why would you play someone you consider to be 'pathetically reading moves out of a book'?
I didn't say I would refuse games from database users, in fact the opposite. I SIMPLY said I would prefer to know if they were using them. As for playing cheats, I do the same as anyone else.....nothing, how do we know. If someone wants to tell me they cheat, I'd ask them to resign and/or I'd grass them up to the game mods.
What would you suggest?
Originally posted by BigDoggProblemIf you're confused that would be for you to work out for yourself.
This is a bit confusing. Why would you play someone you consider to be 'pathetically reading moves out of a book'?
Are you saying thats what you do,
"reading moves out of a book"?
And what do you mean by "someone I consider" to be, how would I know? unless they state it beforehand.....