Author: martin fierz
Date: 13:57:13 12/05/01
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On December 05, 2001 at 09:49:07, Jorge Pichard wrote: >I am curious why FIDE have to check every player as they enter and leave the >Rest Room, this procedure should only be applied in tournament where players >have rating lower than 2400 FIDE or Equivalent. Why was Karpov and other >players so concern about this issue? > >http://www.tiviakov.demon.nl/data/moscow2001-eng.htm > >Pichard. the link you quote does not only mention pocket fritz, but all kinds of electronic equipment, e.g. cell phones. there were two famous cases of cheating in tournament chess that i'm aware of with huge performances of weak players who were using some outside connection, this also would fall under the regulation of course. while pocket fritz is too weak today to make a GM worry, we all know how the speed of the machines is always increasing, so i'd not be too surprised if in a couple of years a pocket fritz/tiger/junior or whatever would be a serious threat even to strong players, so planning ahead might also be involved - that's a chessplayer thing :-) personally i'm not too worried about my opponents using a pocket pc right now ( i might be in the future), even though i am only rated 2200 - you cannot run to the bathroom after every move! of course you could, but it would be highly suspiciuous, and you would lose a lot of time. another thing i can think of is that even if a pocket pc is no real help, the idea that your opponent might be using one might distract people. i recently played at a tournament when a friend of mine, player A (2350) was playing against a much weaker player B (2000). the game was going it's normal course with A being better, when the big brother of B, BB (2200) walked up to the board and started whispering moves to his brother. since both B and BB are clearly weaker than A, you would think it wouldnt matter - but A was so furious about the cheating that he couldnt think clearly any more and lost the game. so banning all kind of help, even if it's no "real" help is just a good idea in general to keep things calm :-) cheers martin
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