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Subject: Re: Possible computer cheater? Or just very lucky in two games?

Author: Aaron Tay

Date: 08:46:33 11/20/00

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On November 20, 2000 at 08:51:22, Peter Skinner wrote:

>Here is the person's history on FICS, and as you can see, he is NOT a very
>strong player:
>
>                  Opponent      Type         ECO End Date
>48: - 1515 W 1859 Jasiaaa       [ br  8   0] D00 Res Sun Nov 19, 09:29 CST 2000
>49: - 1511 B 1715 nyknick       [ br  2  12] C00 Res Sun Nov 19, 10:23 CST 2000
>50: + 1520 W 1529 objna         [ br  5  10] A40 Fla Sun Nov 19, 20:10 CST 2000
>51: - 1514 B 1642 Thorax        [ br  2   4] C00 Res Sun Nov 19, 21:17 CST 2000
>52: - 1506 W 1509 NinthPawn     [ br  2  12] A43 Res Sun Nov 19, 21:27 CST 2000
>53: - 1546 B    0 BOOOO         [ lu  1   0] A13 Fla Sun Nov 19, 21:34 CST 2000
>54: - 2035 W 2525 LilKikr       [ sr 15   1] D00 Res Mon Nov 20, 03:50 CST 2000
>55: = 2114 B 2518 LilKikr       [ sr 15   1] A77 Rep Mon Nov 20, 04:18 CST 2000
>56: + 2264 W 2504 LilKikr       [ sr 15   1] D18 Mat Mon Nov 20, 04:56 CST 2000
>57: + 2305 W 2108 NotSoCrafty   [ sr 15   0] E10 Fla Mon Nov 20, 05:20 CST 2000
>
>Now notice that he was unable to beat another 1500 blitz player in a 2 12 game,
>which might as well be a "standard" game over ICS as it can last forever, yet
>was able to record a 2-1-1 record vs computers....
>
>Here are the games, even the one my computer won...
>
>[Event ""]
>[Site ""]
>[Date "2000.11.20"]
>[Round ""]
>[White "???"]
>[Black "LilKikr"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[WhiteElo "2047"]
>[BlackElo "2524"]
>[Opening "D00 Queen's Pawn: Stonewall Attack"]
>
>{Time control = 15 1 Engine book(s): ct.tbk }
>1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 Bg4 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nbd2 Qc7 8.h3 Bh5 9.O-O
>Bd6 10.b3 cxd4
>11.cxd4 O-O 12.g4 Nb4 13.Bxh7+ Nxh7 14.gxh5 Qc3 15.Ba3 Qxe3+ 16.Kh1 Qxf4 17.Qe2
>Nf6 {
>jkoss resigns} 0-1
>
>[Event ""]
>[Site ""]
>[Date "2000.11.20"]
>[Round ""]
>[White "LilKikr"]
>[Black "???"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[WhiteElo "2525"]
>[BlackElo "2035"]
>[Opening "A77 Benoni: Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2"]
>
>{Time control = 15 1 Engine book(s): ct.tbk }
>1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O
>Re8 10.Nd2
>a6 11.a4 b6 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Rxe5 15.Bc4 Nd7 16.Bf4 Re8 17.Qd2 Ne5
>18.Bb3 Qh4
>19.Ne2 h6 20.Bg3 Qh5 21.Be1 Nd7 22.Qc2 Bb7 23.Bc3 Re7 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Nf4 Qg5
>26.g3 Ne5
>27.Qc3 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Rxa8 b4 30.Qe3 Bxa8 31.Ra1 Bb7 32.Ra7 Qf6 33.Kg2 Kh7
>34.Qe2 c4
>35.Ba4 Bc8 36.Ra8 Rc7 37.Bc2 Qh8 38.Ra1 b3 39.Bd1 g5 40.Nh5 Nd3 41.e5 Nxe5
>42.Rc1 Kg6 43.g4
>f5 44.h3 Rc5 45.Ra1 Rxd5 46.Ra7 Bd7 47.f4 fxg4 48.Rxd7 gxh3+ 49.Kxh3 Rd3+ 50.Kg2
>Qa8+ 51.Kf2
>Qh1 52.Rg7+ Kf5 53.fxe5 Qh2+ 54.Kf1 Qh1+ 55.Kf2 Qh2+ 56.Kf1 Qh1+ 57.Kf2 { Game
>drawn by
>repetition} 1/2-1/2
>
>[Event ""]
>[Site ""]
>[Date "2000.11.20"]
>[Round ""]
>[White "???"]
>[Black "LilKikr"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[WhiteElo "2114"]
>[BlackElo "2518"]
>[Opening "D19 QGD Slav: Dutch Variation"]
>
>{Time control = 15 1 Engine book(s): ct.tbk }
>1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
>9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Bd2
>O-O 11.Ne4 Bxd2 12.Nexd2 Qc7 13.Rac1 Bh5 14.b4 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Rfd1 Rad8
>17.h3 Nxc4
>18.Qxc4 Rd6 19.g4 Bg6 20.Nb3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Be4 22.Nfd4 Bd5 23.Qc2 Ne4 24.Nf5 Rc8
>25.Nbd4
>Ng5 26.f4 Nxh3+ 27.Kh2 Ng5 28.Nb5 cxb5 29.Qxc7 Rxc7 30.fxg5 Rd7 31.Rxd5 Rxd5
>32.Ne7+ Kf8
>33.Nxd5 bxa4 34.Kg3 a3 35.Nc3 f6 36.gxf6 gxf6 37.Kf4 Kf7 38.b5 Kg6 39.Na2 h6
>40.Nb4 a6 41.b6
>Kf7 42.Kf5 a5 43.Na2 Ke7 44.Kg6 Kd6 45.Kxf6 Kd5 46.Nc1 Kc4 47.Ke5 Kc3 48.Kd5 a4
>49.Kc5 Kd2
>50.Na2 Kc2 51.Nb4+ Kb2 52.Kb5 Kc3 53.Kxa4 Kc4 54.Kxa3 Kc5 55.Kb3 Kxb6 56.Nd5+
>Kc5 57.Ne7
>Kd6 58.Nf5+ Ke5 59.Nxh6 Kf6 60.e4 Kg5 61.e5 Kxh6 62.e6 Kg7 63.g5 Kf8 64.g6 Ke7
>65.g7 Kxe6
>66.g8Q+ Kd6 67.Qc4 b5 68.Qxb5 Ke6 69.Kc4 Kf6 70.Kd4 Ke6 71.Qc5 Kf6 72.Ke4 Ke6
>73.Qc6+ Kf7
>74.Ke5 Kg7 75.Kf5 Kf7 76.Qd7+ Kf8 77.Kf6 Kg8 78.Qg7# { LilKikr checkmated} 1-0
>
>I am blocking out his name, as I am not totally sure, but I doubt that I am
>wrong in the fact this "person" cheated. He is also a former admin of FICS, so
>it is actually very doubtful they will do anything to him if proven to be
>guilty. By his history, you can tell he is a weak player, yet it rated 800
>points higher in standard games, but is not established. His previous best in
>standard was 1905.. but has not been at that level since 1998.
'
I think you shouldn't be so quick to accuse him of cheating. I've played him
myself, and i can tell you that his blitz (even 2 12) is really bad due to
lagging and poor concentration. It's fairly common to have lower blitz ratings
compared to standard. I myself currently have a 1500+ blitz rating and 2000+
best  (currently at 1900)at standard.. That is a 500 point gap..

And my blitz rating is achieved mainly by playing 2 12.

I played against him at standard and blitz b4 and i think for him the difference
between the 2 time controls is even greater..But is he really strong enough to
have a 2300 standard rating? I don't know, i figure him at 2100ish but it could
just be a random flucation..

As for his former admin status, i view it more as a postive point that he is
unlikely to cheat.

In my view,  a 2-1-1 record against Tiger is impressive, and unlikely, but not
so unlikely that you can accuse him of cheating..

In conclusion, the blitz rating means little,some 1500 blitz players can be
easily over 2000 at standard..And this would make them strong enough to
occasionally cause upsets..



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