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Subject: Re: Detecting "fake" Humans on Fics/ICC

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 21:03:22 03/11/00

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On March 11, 2000 at 23:48:52, Lin Harper wrote:

>      For the fun of it, I downloaded the program 'Chesspartner' for a
>   free trial period. I could play on the chess servers with it. While I
>   was playing my first game I suddenly noticed in a window the ongoing
>   analysis of the game! I quickly closed that window.
>      However, my point is that others are no doubt using that window,
>   and getting some fancy rating from it! There's no need to 'alt-tab'
>   or flip the board, or anything like that. And it's a strong engine,
>   so a cheat can go ahead and name his rating.
>      While I'm here, it's worth noting that most cheaters are'nt cheating
>   for the heck of it, rather they are using the program as a 'tactic check'
>   like we've seen some GM's doing,(legally). They don't cheat every move,
>   that way they still lose games, make tactical blunders on occasion, and
>   generally have little chance of ever getting caught. What they don't
>   seem to realize is that this practise won't make them a strong player.
>   There's still a lot to be said for the old book and manual chess set for
>   improving your strength.

Is this correct?  You can logon to a human account with ChessPartner, and
without any indication of a chess program playing, you can get real-time
analysis?

If that's true, it should be changed.  ChessPartner shouldn't give any analysis
when logged on to a chess server with a human account.

Will




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