rating by the site

Originally posted by z00t
Still that constitutes "help" unavailable OTB and so results in the CC player playing out of his skin relative to his OTB play. Compounded with the lack of time pressure it is similar to a player playing against an engine and then using the pause button when it his turn, moving the pieces around and then restarting the clock. Are those results that the player would garner in OTB conditions?

Whilst I actually agree with the philosophy of what you are saying this is nevertheless a cc site, if you were saying it to a cc player on a live chess site your arguement would then have merit. What would you say to someone that went to a pole vaulters convention and starting saying their high jump wasn't as valid as high jumpers because they relied on using a pole

Originally posted by stevetodd
Whilst I actually agree with the philosophy of what you are saying this is nevertheless a cc site, if you were saying it to a cc player on a live chess site your arguement would then have merit. What would you say to someone that went to a pole vaulters convention and starting saying their high jump wasn't as valid as high jumpers because they relied on using a pole

Yes but you have to look at the context of the question - how is a CC rating comparable elsewhere? Many here also play OTB/Online Chess and so use here to prepare for those events.

However I also understand that for quite a number OTB is not feasible and so they only play CC. However quite a few used to play OTB beforehand and so they should keep the same moto.