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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