Author: Andrew Dados
Date: 12:04:52 03/10/00
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On March 10, 2000 at 14:51:21, Will Singleton wrote: >On March 10, 2000 at 13:06:36, Masciulli Gianluigi wrote: > >>Is there a good way to understand if someone use a computer? >> >>(I remember an old tread here some time ago, If someone can tell me >>when I'll try to look on the Archive) >> >>TIA >> >>gianluigi > >It's difficult to figure it out, especially with the craftier cheats. I will >usually look at move-times using the smoves command on several games. Constant >move-times, especially in the opening (like 4 or 5 secs per move), are an >indication. Also, you'll typically see almost no immediate moves. A long time >taken for the first move can sometimes indicate that the guy is messing around >with the colors. > >Other than time indications, a computer cheat can show a wide variation in >playing strength. You might see someone rated around 2100 beating up on comps >in the 2500 range, then losing to humans around 1700. > >You could also try running the suspect games with a commercial program, looking >for a lack of tactical errors. > >There are other ways. > >Will One interesting thing I noticed: most (all?) cheaters have no finger notes at all...
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