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Subject: Re: How to stop computer cheating at the 500,000$ HB championship?

Author: BubbleGum1

Date: 15:02:46 09/25/04

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On September 25, 2004 at 17:50:59, Mark Young wrote:

>On September 25, 2004 at 17:41:11, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On September 25, 2004 at 15:44:11, BubbleGum1 wrote:
>>
>>>     I personally know that two different people used computers to win 10,000 in
>>>the last two world open tournaments - one of the cheats was a long standing
>>>member of this very group!.  Is there a device that the directors could get to
>>>detect various transmissions including radio, bluetooth etc?  Because i have
>>>seen this flagrant cheating happen twice now with nothing done, i almost feel if
>>>i had an opponent with braces on his teeth I would have to ask the director to
>>>check them for a wireless device!
>>
>>People should simply stop giving money prizes for adults under 1600 and even for
>>adults under 2200.
>
>Uri,  I must say. I thought you were smarter then this.

  Uri is quite intelligent, this is just his idea

 If you stopped giving
>money away at tournament for people under 1600 or 2200. You would have no
>tournament. In Missouri there is only a very few people who have ratings over
>2200. And not many people over 1600. Most people who play are below 1600.
>
>All player in Missouri over 2200 +
>
> 1: 2482     MO BROOKS,MICHAEL A
>  2: 2429/06  MO NAVEH,ISAAC
>  3: 2334     MO JONES,KENNETH E
>  4: 2275     MO BEREZA,PAVEL
>  5: 2270     MO ECKERT,DOUG D
>  6: 2245/17  MO FOX,NEIL I
>  7: 2228     MO LUTHER,RONALD G
>  8: 2219     MO MC LAUGHLIN,JIM
>  9: 2205     MO DAVIS,LOAL WILLIAM
> 10: 2200     MO ELLIS,JAMES S
>
>>
>>The problem is not only cheating with computers but also to do other things.
>>
>>It can encourage players to train only against the computer and not participate
>>in tournaments in order to get level that is clearly higher than 1600 but not
>>rating that is higher than 1600 in order to win the money.
>>This is the way to do it without cheating.
>>
>>Another way that is cheating and without computer is that a strong player starts
>>to lose games on purpose in order to have a small rating.
>>
>>The point is that even if computer use is detected nothing can be done against
>>players at master level that are going to win a lot of money in these
>>tournaments.
>>
>>Uri



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